openlp.org 2.x Song Database Structure ======================================================================== Introduction ------------ The song database in openlp.org 2.x is similar to the 1.x format. The biggest differences are the addition of extra tables, and the use of SQLite version 3. The song database contains the following tables: - authors - authors_songs - song_books - songs - songs_topics - topics "authors" Table --------------- This table holds the names of all the authors. It has the following columns: * id * first_name * last_name * display_name "authors_songs" Table --------------------- This is a bridging table between the "authors" and "songs" tables, which serves to create a many-to-many relationship between the two tables. It has the following columns: * author_id * song_id "song_books" Table ------------------ The "song_books" table holds a list of books that a congregation gets their songs from, or old hymnals now no longer used. This table has the following columns: * id * name * publisher "songs" Table ------------- This table contains the songs, and each song has a list of attributes. The "songs" table has the following columns: * id * song_book_id * title * lyrics * verse_order * copyright * comments * ccli_number * song_number * theme * search_title * search_lyrics "songs_topics" Table -------------------- This is a bridging table between the "songs" and "topics" tables, which serves to create a many-to-many relationship between the two tables. It has the following columns: * song_id * topic_id "topics" Table -------------- The topics table holds a selection of topics that songs can cover. This is useful when a worship leader wants to select songs with a certain theme. This table has the following columns: * id * name The lyrics definition (more or less similar to interformat to/from ChangingSong The tags can also be used within the lyrics test. ! Please note that this format has been checked at http://validator.w3.org/#validate_by_upload Amazing Grace name of verse specific theme (optional) any text (optional) Amazing grace, how ... A b c D e f ... name of verse specific theme (optional) any text (optional) ... Erstaunliche Anmut Erstaunliche Anmut, wie ... ...