Re: Any database diagramming tools out there ?
From: John Hurley <johnbhurley_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:48:37 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <32496ba6-1475-4dc3-8c36-c62f86bf55e4_at_j27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 22, 4:44 pm, Tim X <t..._at_nospam.dev.null> wrote:
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:48:37 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <32496ba6-1475-4dc3-8c36-c62f86bf55e4_at_j27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>
On Feb 22, 4:44 pm, Tim X <t..._at_nospam.dev.null> wrote:
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> If your database design is reasonably sane, uses consistent column
> names, good constraint definitions etc, then some of the open source
> tools are pretty good. For example sqlfairy can do a pretty good job.
> I also like tools that can generate something like a graphviz 'dot' file
> as you can then edit that file to improve how the diagrams are rendered.
>
> On the whole, most of these tools, even the commercial ones, only give
> average results and the results degrade quickly as the complexity of the
> schema increases.
Bingo! Received on Mon Feb 22 2010 - 15:48:37 CST