4 Table Summaries

The following is a listing of the tables contained in the hmetal database:

  1. sites : contains heavy metal sample site location details including location name and area code.

  2. areas : contains all area codes used in the sites table and their spatial coordinates expressed as latitude and longitude.

  3. fish_samples: contains details for individual fish including species, fish length, weight, sex, and amounts of various organochlorine insecticides and heavy metals such as DDT, zinc, arsenic, lead, and mercury.

  4. v_main : is a view that provides a denormalised view of all the tables in the hmetal database.


Updated : 16 November 2007