Oracle-L: RE: ERD generation tool

From: Grabowy, Chris <cgrabowy_at_fcg.com>
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 09:48:33 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00455112.20020501094833@fatcity.com>

ERWin and ERStudio are basically in the 3,000 to 4,000 price range, depending on what add-ons you take and yearly maintenance license.

When I reviewed them in 2001Q4, ERStudio was the only one that had a network option. In other words, you can install the software on every PC in the company but only X amount of users can use it at the same time. So that has some appeal, if you have a lot of people that need to be able to use the software but not at the exact same time. Sort of like MTS...:)

Quest's QDesigner was probably the least user friendly, but it has some slick capabilties. For example, if the current version doesn't support a new Oracle index type, then it's no problem, since you can edit the SQL template that is used to create a particular index.

ERStudio was easy to use, and seemed to be well developed. The sales guy went over my head when he didn't think he was going to make the sale. Regardless, we have no budget so nothing was purchased.

ERwin 4.0 was a disappointment. It seems like they polished up 3.5.2 and added a new reporting capability, and that took them several years. Let's all thank CA for not much. Besides the sales guy was a total jerk.

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 3:39 PM
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any idea on the pricing for these tools? I dont see a price on any of these

sites.

Ray

Mark Leith" <mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk>
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RE: ERD generation tool

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Tue, 30 Apr 2002 06:03:36 -0800

ERWin www.ca.com
ERStudio www.embarcadero.com
Active Designer http://www.iraje.com/ad_fsmain.htm

HTH Mark

-----Original Message-----
Sean
Sent: 30 April 2002 13:24
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Can anyone please recommend/advise on NT/W2K compliant solutions which can generate ERD's by interogating the DB.

Seán O' Neill
Organon (Ireland) Ltd.
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