Re: Creating a data model from a database

From: Sybrand Bakker <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl>
Date: 10 Jul 2001 06:22:11 -0700
Message-ID: <a20d28ee.0107100522.c9bba3c_at_posting.google.com>


rra_at_excite.com (Rashyid) wrote in message news:<79c1319c.0107100121.59240d51_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently trying to reverse engineer a database to be implemented
> into another system. I was wondering whether there are other ways of
> 'automatically' creating/generating the data model/schema from an
> Oracle 8i database without actually going through each table one by
> one and checking the dependencies manually as it would be very time
> consuming, and time is of the essence (isn't it always). If not, are
> there any methods/tools that would assist me in doing so?
>
> Thanks

Oracle Designer has a reverse engineering utility. Other tools exist, but usually the integration with Oracle is less good.

Hth,

Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA Received on Tue Jul 10 2001 - 15:22:11 CEST

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