Designing and developing a site that will show all databases supported, applications connecting to it and their owners

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I work as a SQL DBA and my boss just gave me the task to develop a site that will be able to show all the databases that we support, the client it belongs to, and the applications connecting to each database in a table and diagram form... I'm lost as to where to begin and how to tackle this task.

Your help will be highly appreciated
Thank you in advance

Posted 6-Mar-12 23:12pm

Sibongiseni Khumalo

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Oshtri Deka · Answer 1 · 2012-03-07T01:42:00

1. You should create utility database to keep track.
Or if you are skilled enough you can extract most of those data from system views.

2. Showing data in table form is pretty straightforward, but I advise you to go one step at a time and learn asp.net basics. Displaying and manipulating data is usually second lesson/chapter in most books or tutorials, so no need to hurry.

3. There are many options for displaying diagrams in your web site, I like this one.
Some alternatives are Crystal reports, .rdlc reports, free third party controls etc.

In the end choice of technology is up to you and your resources (Visual studio version, targeted .Net framework, time, skills, boss's patience :) ...).

Good luck!