ANN: database modeling - DeZign v2.0

Heraut Solutions is pleased to announce: Version 2.0 of DeZign for databases

http://www.heraut.demon.nl

Intro:
"Dezign for databases" is a database development tool using an entity relationship diagram. It visually supports the lay out of the entities and relationships and automatically generates SQL-schema's for most leading databases. "Dezign for databases" also supports domains (user defined types).

Databases supported:
-Oracle
-Interbase
-MySQL
-Paradox
-MS Access
-MS SQLServer
-dBase
-Sybase
-SQL Anywhere
-Informix
-IBM DB2
What's new:
- Automatic foreign key placement (designtime).

• Define indexes.
• Support for a high level autoincrement datatype.
• Edit datatype-mappings from within the program.
• Completely new user interface.
• Supports the enum-datatype for MySQL databases.
• Search for objects on names and/or descriptions.
• Export datadictionary to textfile.
• Displaymodes to view diagram inclusive or exclusive foreignkeys.
• Create comments on tables and columns in script.
• Generate reports with an html image-map.
• Right mouseclick on entity to view/edit entity, attributes or indexes.
• Description for reports in report-form.
• Indicators for primary keys and foreign keys (optional).
• Specify color for foreign keys in diagram.

Key-features:
-Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) editor.
-Full support for the ER modeling techniques including some advanced
techniques.
-Fast, facile graphics manipulation.
-Automatic schema-generation (DDL).
-Full control over schema-output.
-Define indexes.
-Automatic foreign key migration at design-time.
-Automatic resolution of many-to-many relationships.
-Powerful report generator (html/include picture/ clickable imagemap).
-Full cardinality and connectivity support.
-Weak entity-types supported.
-Export diagram to bitmap or gif-image.
-Support for domains (user defined types).
-Multiple displaymodes.
-High-level autoincrement datatype.
-Export datadictionary.
-Support for the MySQL enum-datatype.
-Generate constraints as table-constraints, column-constraints or use
the alter table statement.
-Directly generate dBase or Paradox-tables.
-Directly generate MS Access module for database-creation.
-Version control for your Entity Relationship Diagram
-Template driven schema-creation.
-Open type mapping.

Rick van Dijk
Heraut Solutions
Voorburg, The Netherlands
http://www.heraut.demon.nl Received on Tue Jan 25 2000 - 12:56:01 CST