Re: Any good data modelling tool for Oracle 7.1 ?

jeffb_at_sky.net (Jeff B) wrote:

>Make that 2, who use S-Designor.
>
>We are currently using it to get a handle on our large in-house
>designed databases (700+ tables). It took a little effort on the part
>of the DBA group to get management to buy into a design-first tool.
>But, after using it on a couple of external projects and then not
>having to change (except only very minor things) the data model was
>shown to a boon to the productivity of the developers. Now we are in
>the midst of trying to recapture the data model that was etched in
>someone's head, who is now no longer employed with the company!
>
>We have also used it to take a MS-Access Database, and reverse
>engineer it into S-Designor and then forward engineer it into Oracle.
>Works fairly nicely for that...

One of the features I always liked about Access's data modeling tool, weak as it is, is the ability to focus in on one table and show all the relationships just for that table. Does S-Designor (or any of the other tools for that matter) have the same capability?

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