Re: Conceptual modeling like in the book

machnife_at_hotmail.com (mACKnIFE) wrote in message news:<ba1dcf8a.0311170452.581f006f_at_posting.google.com>...
> Frank <fbortel_at_nescape.net> wrote in message news:<bp22kh$kg4$1_at_news2.tilbu1.nb.home.nl>...
> > Hans Forbrich wrote:
> >
> > > Have you checked Oracle's CASE tool (Designer) which is part of the
> > > Developer Suite?
> > >
> > > This stuff sounds familiar. If I understood your description, this
> > > model 'style' has been around since the mid '80s. If so, Oracle Designer
> > > has been doing this since 1988 or earlier!
> > Must be - Jan is (was?) an instructor with Oracle Nederland; doing the
> > Designer class as well, iirc
> > And it makes sense that authors, writing for Oracle Press use Oracle
> > tools, doens't it?
>
> Yeah, ok guys! I understand what you're trying to tell me: "Duh!"
> Hehe!
>
> I was just kind of hoping that there were other tools to get the job
> done. I always like to try two or three softwares to get a global
> picture of what they can do before choosing THE one I'll use.
>
> Have you guys tried Oracle's Designer? If yes, did you have a good
> experience with it? And if not, do you have any suggestions on other
> similar tools?
>
> Thanks!!
>
> mACHnIFE

Last time for me was a few years ago. It had a couple of bugs (such as "forgetting" the ocassional bit of DDL or its semi-colon), and the learning curve was steep for some of the people using it, but it was good enough.

jg

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