Re: ER/Win vs Designer/2000 - Which is better?

Jan C. Zawadzki wrote:
>
> In article <33460238.3C59_at_mindlink.bc.ca>, David Ng <david_ng_at_mindlink.bc.ca> wrote:
> >Nathan Secrist wrote:
> >> (...)
> >> Let me know your experience (good or bad) with each of these tools.
> >> If there is other software we should look at please let me know this
> >> as well.
> >
> >If you are database designer and working on a small project, ER/Win
> >should be you choice. If you are project manager or working on a large
> >application development, Desginer 2000 should be your choice.
>
> I wouldn't go along with this. The 2.6 version of ER/Win has some truly
> bothersome bugs, including a tendency to auto-layout your carefully designed
> pages without warning. Having worked around the problems for the last two
> months I think the product suffers from one major problem: the designers don't
> actually use it. There are so many places where the interface works against
> you, it's not funny. Anyway, that's my 2 cents...
>
> Jan
Have you used the autolayout button in Designer 2000 ER diagrams? It's ridiculous! Received on Fri Apr 11 1997 - 00:00:00 CEST