From: "Jason Pepper" <jpepper@uk.oracle.com>
Subject: Re: From database to graphical structure schema
Date: 2000/02/17
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Oracle Designer will do this for you

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Regards

Jason

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  Jason Pepper - Enterprise Internet Tools Product Management
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Tim Blommerde <T.Blommerde@its.tudelft.nl> wrote in message
news:88guhc$hrh$1@news1.xs4all.nl...
> Dear Oracle users and administrators,
>
> Since a few weeks I've been assigned as Oracle administrator at the small
> software company I work for.  This because our former Oracle guru
 suddenly,
> after 10 years, decided to finally complete his computer science degree.
 I
> was assigned because I used to do all the coding that involved SQL and
 query
> writing.  So now I'm faced with a rather difficult and complicated task, I
> doubt I will master in a few weeks.
>
> One of the first things I'd like to do now, besides grabbing a couple of
> good Oracle books and starting skimming through them, is making a good,
> graphical map of the currently used databases.  Our former dba did not
> really like documentation and used to have everything in his head.  But
> because I can't detach and use his head without killing the man, I'd like
 to
> make good, preferably graphical, documentation on the used tables, their
> primary keys, relations, constraints etc.  So here comes my question.  Are
> there any tools that make it easier to do such a thing, without having to
> use Star Office for creating nice boxes, arrows, information and other
> things.  Is there maybe a tool which can create a database layout from
 just
> connecting the tool to the database?
>
> Hopefully you can help me, and if not, atleast thanks for reading.
>
> Yours sincerely,
> T.Blommerde
>
>