Re: Visio

Download Sybase's PowerDesigner (trial will give you 45 days I think) to see a great reverse engineering tool. I am anal and really like diagrams formatted so that no FK lines cross, go behind tables, etc. I do my best to fit the model on one 8 1/2 x 11 page while maintaining a readable font (data models with thousands of tables will need a bigger piece of paper). PD gets the job done a lot faster than other tools I have seen (ErWin--Computer Accosiates, ErStudio--Embarcadero).

Somehow the Sybase folks got this one right--and it works on any ODBC connected database. I would never use Visio if I had access to PD.

"robertsboyle" <member21885_at_dbforums.com> wrote in message news:2357221.1041960265_at_dbforums.com...
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> I have found Visio to be quite good at reverse engineering, although I
> too have sometimes encountered problems with Primary Keys. The other
> problem is trying to get all tables to fit onto a sheet without
> looking like a total mess and without shrinking the table size to
> beyond readable!
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Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 20:02:39 CET