# DBML examples

DBML reads like simplified DDL, which is exactly why it stays honest: it is close enough to the real schema to check against it.

Three complete schemas, each exercising a different modelling problem.

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## Every example here is real

Each page holds a diagram that is stored, rendered and editable exactly like one you drew yourself. Open any of them, change something, and see what happens. Nothing here is a screenshot.

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## In this set

[eCommerce database (DBML)Orders, products and customers written in DBML and rendered as an ER diagram.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/ecommerce-database-dbml.html)[Inventory management (DBML)A stock, warehouse and movement schema in DBML kept next to the design docs.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/inventory-management-dbml.html)[Social media database (DBML)Users, posts, follows and likes modelled in DBML as a relationship diagram.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/social-media-database-dbml.html)

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## Related

[ReferenceThe language reference behind these.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/reference.html)

[Diagram typesGrouped by what you want to draw.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/diagram-types.html)

[ExamplesEvery other set.](https://help.gocapable.com/diagrams/examples.html)

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_Close enough to the schema to stay true._