gv.database: Generate Graphviz input text to plot databases

In autodb: Automatic Database Normalisation for Data Frames

Generate Graphviz input text to plot databases

Description

Produces text input for Graphviz to make an HTML diagram of a given database.

Usage

## S3 method for class 'database'
gv(x, name = NA_character_, ...)

Arguments

x	a database, as returned by autoref or autodb.
name	a scalar character, giving the name of the database, if any. This name is used for the resulting graph, to allow for easier combining of graphs into a single diagram if required.
...	further arguments passed to or from other methods.

Details

Each relation in the database is presented as a set of rows, one for each attribute in the relation. These rows include information about the attribute classes.

Value

A scalar character, containing text input for Graphviz.

See Also

The generic gv.

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