Re: DB Schema visualization

I recently had the same problem and wasted tons of time on Oracle Designer, Visio, and Rational Database Architect, in the end I went for JDeveloper, you can reverse engineer, make changes to the model and generate SQL script again. It does not loose type formatting (like Rational) and is easy to use. Some minor improvements I can suggest is single page printing, but you can always print the JPG to give to developers.

Regards
Bernard

Robbert van der Hoorn wrote:
> <ThomasO_at_cpas.com> wrote in message
> news:1152889686.827422.8220_at_75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > Jens Lenge wrote:
> > > Who can recommend a software tool that create a graphical visualizion
> > > of an existing Oracle database schema? (Like displaying all tables as
> > > boxes with their column names and data types inside, and references
> > > such as foreign keys as lines between the tables.)
> > >
> > > I would prefer a tool that is free and possibly not Oracle-specific if
> > > there is one.
> > > Any hints are welcome.
> > >
> > > Jens
> > Try JDeveloper. Free download from Oracle.
> > Create Database project , create new Diagram.
> > Connect to you database, drag and drop tables to you diagram.
> > HTH
> > Thomas
> >
>
> Right!
>
> And it saves you from going through the process of installation of a
> Designer Repository!
>
> Robbert
>
> Robbert
Received on Tue Jul 18 2006 - 05:06:24 CDT