Re: ERwin vs. Visio

Actually I'm no fan of either product. I have Designer, ERWin, and Visio. I was only commenting on capabilities I have found in ERWin but not in Visio. To assume that means 'fan' would be an unwarranted assumption.

Though I must confess that building Oracle apps with a Microsoft tool does seem a bit strange.

Daniel Morgan

J Quick wrote:

> You might want to get the latest version so that you can find out for
> yourself about the "important capabilities that it doesn't have." I'm not
> an advocate for any particular tool, but I think they should be evaluated
> fairly based on the current features available, not by comparing the current
> version of one to some ancient version of another. Visio Pro v5 is at least
> two major releases out of date.
>
> You apparently like ERWin, and there's no problem with that, but don't let
> your preference for it blind you to the potential value of other tools.
> They all have their strengths and weaknesses. I don't trust anyone to
> evaluate the differences for me. Whenever a new product becomes available,
> I figure it's worth a brief hands-on evaluation, even if it's just to see
> how bad it is.
>
> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3CBF344C.4271BEA6_at_exesolutions.com...
> > Does the newer version write triggers that enforce data integrity and
 takes
> > advantage of the 9i features?
> >
> > Daniel Morgan
> >
> >
> >
> > J Quick wrote:
> >
> > > That's an old version of Visio that doesn't have the database modelling
> > > capabilities that I'm referring to.
> > >
> > > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> > > news:3CBF1AB8.BBF50006_at_exesolutions.com...
> > > > I have 5.0 Professional on my machine. And I am familiar with its
 capabilities.
> > > > It isn't ERWin. And the differences are profound (perhaps except in
 the MS
> > > > marketing materials).
> > > >
> > > > Daniel Morgan
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > J Quick wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > When was the last time you looked at Visio?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > >
 http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/techinfo/articles/developerproductivity/or
> > > > > m.asp
> > > > >
> > > > > Microsoft has greatly enhanced Visio since they aquired this
 product, as
> > > > > well as the services of Dr. Terry Halpin (InfoModeler), the leading
 advocate
> > > > > of ORM.
> > > > >
> > > > > http://www.orm.net
> > > > >
> > > > > ERWin is a fine tool. Someone should evaluate all of the leading
 tools
 to
> > > > > compare them for their own needs. I usually end up using more than
 one
 tool
> > > > > to take advantage of their individual strengths.
> > > > >
  Received on Thu Apr 18 2002 - 23:57:51 CEST