The signature of a layout database must be split by layers. After reviewing the specific needs of chip layout files, a list of constraints that should be met for an efficient signature strategy is in ...

This will make your application much more portable and will allow your solution to scale upwards from a desktop database like MS Access to enterprise-level databases like SQL Server 7 and Oracle 8.

Analysis Inputs, processes and outputs are identified for further design as forms, queries and reports. Specific end user needs are considered when analysing the requirements prior to database ...