Re: Database Design Tool

I have worked with Systems Engineer from LBMS which as pretty good, even considering its restrictions, as every tool has some.

I worked with SE in Morgan Greenfell, in London, but because I'm not working there anymore (I have moved house to the US) you might want to get in touch with Morgan directly: please write to Paul Horti (e-mail Address: PAUL.HORTI_at_uk.dmg.deuba.com) asking him to forward your e-mail to Keith Mansell, as Keith is the manager of the Data Management Group of Morgan Grenfell.

They have a very strong experience with SE in Morgan, including reverse engineering of data models.

I'm copying this email to Paul Horti.

Happy Holidays !

Cristina Lapa
Plano, Texas, USA

Zlatko Baumberger-Meskovic wrote in message <34969B7B.897FFDE7_at_blue-chips.ch>...
>Hello,
>
>We are evaluating a new design tool for our databases. Until now we
>looked at:
> PowerDesignor (S-Designor) from Powersoft
> Cool (Key, ADW) from Sterling Software
> SILVERRUN from Silverrun
>and ErWin from Logic Works
>
>But we have the problem that some tools are very expensive, others are
>limited.
>The minimal requirenments are:
> separate conceptual and physical model
> support of major databases for generation and
> reverse engineering
> flexible reports
> support for > 300 entities
> multiuser support
> running on Unix or Windows
>conceptual level:
> domains, entities, relationships, business rules...
> entity inheritance
>physical:
> domains, tables, table check constraints, primary keys,
> foreign keys, alternate keys, indexes, views,
> physical storage parameters, triggers, stored procedures
>Optional are:
> reports in HTML (dynamic, if data-model is stored in
> a database ?)
> additional attributes in m-n relations
>
>Now to my questions:
> What additional criterias should we use for evaluation ?
> What other tools are available ?
> What are your experiences with these tools ?
>
>thank you
>
>Zlatko Baumberger-Meskovic
>
>Blue-Chips AG
>8048 Zürich
>Switzerland

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