| 摘要 |
<p>A method of constructing a multi-lingual database includes the step of defining meta data to describe fields of a record as being either language-dependent (42f, 42g) or language-independent (42a-42e). The fields of the record are so described by flagging descriptions of columns associated with the fields in the meta data. A composite table, indentifying a parent table (36) and a child table (38) is then automatically generated. The parent table (36) includes columns (42a-42b) for the language-independent fields of the record, while the child table (38) includes columns (42f, 42g) for the language-dependent fields of the record.</p> |
