From 55074b1a7a284731dea0d2af5e8337ed2537b447 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Karl O. Pinc kop@karlpinc.com" Date: Mon, 11 May 2026 14:14:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document when tables are not in an ER diagram --- doc/src/er_diagrams.m4 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/src/er_diagrams.m4 b/doc/src/er_diagrams.m4 index 5057d4d..475afec 100644 --- a/doc/src/er_diagrams.m4 +++ b/doc/src/er_diagrams.m4 @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -.. Copyright (C) 2019, 2020, 2023 The Meme Factory, Inc. www.karlpinc.com +.. Copyright (C) 2019, 2020, 2023, 2026 The Meme Factory, Inc. + www.karlpinc.com This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as @@ -80,6 +81,11 @@ transfers. The diagram also shows that a transfer **must** be communities. A transfer should not be able to exist unless the individual transferring also exists. +Not every table appears in an entity relationship diagram. +Tables only appear when they hold data, as opposed to those tables +used solely to control the values used as codes, and when they are +related to other tables -- when they are *not* log tables. + .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 3 -- 2.34.1