Data Modeling Tools
I know that this is off-topic, but has anyone used an open source data modeling tool ? If so, can you tell me if it was any good ? Also, has anyone used ERwin or Rational, and, if so, what did you think of it ? Walt PS: Has anyone set up an RSS replicate using verion 11 yet ?
I've used ER Win. It's very good and works well with IDS. It is just expensive. Art On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:36 AM, WALTER LOWICH <walterlowich@yahoo.com>wrote: > I know that this is off-topic, but has anyone used an open source data > modeling tool ? If so, can you tell me if it was any good ? Also, has > anyone > used ERwin or Rational, and, if so, what did you think of it ? > > Walt > > PS: Has anyone set up an RSS replicate using verion 11 yet ? > > > > ******************************************************************************* > Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum. > > -- Art S. Kagel Oninit (www.oninit.com) IIUG Board of Directors (art@iiug.org) Disclaimer: Please keep in mind that my own opinions are my own opinions and do not reflect on my employer, Oninit, the IIUG, nor any other organization with which I am associated either explicitly or implicitly. Neither do those opinions reflect those of other individuals affiliated with any entity with which I am affiliated nor those of the entities themselves.
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 9:09 AM, Art Kagel <art.kagel@gmail.com> wrote: > I've used ER Win. It's very good and works well with IDS. It is just > expensive. If it is database 'drawing tools', you might check out the list at: http://savage.net.au/Ron/html/drawing-tools.html > On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 10:36 AM, WALTER LOWICH <walterlowich@yahoo.com>wrote: >> I know that this is off-topic, but has anyone used an open source data >> modeling tool ? If so, can you tell me if it was any good ? Also, has >> anyone >> used ERwin or Rational, and, if so, what did you think of it ? -- Jonathan Leffler #include <disclaimer.h> Email: jleffler@earthlink.net, jleffler@us.ibm.com Guardian of DBD::Informix v2008.0513 -- http://dbi.perl.org/ "Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves, for we shall never cease to be amused." NB: Please do not use this email for correspondence. I don't necessarily read it every week, even.
I used some freeware thing I found on sourceforge a while back. It did drawings, but not much else. I am currently using Erwin and ERStudio and have looked at RDA. Erwin is my favourite for working with Informix - it 'gets' everything and will give you decent volumetrics. I actually prefer ERStudio (especially for SQLServer), they have the best user experience I have seen, although they are missing a few Informix specific features. I gave them some suggestions - who knows. RDA seems like a very useful tool for a big shop with dedicated data architects, I found it hard to use at a casual level. j. Sane ego te vocavi. Forsitan capedictum tuum desit. -----Original Message----- From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org]On Behalf Of WALTER LOWICH Sent: Monday, July 28, 2008 10:36 AM To: ids@iiug.org Subject: Data Modeling Tools [12923] I know that this is off-topic, but has anyone used an open source data modeling tool ? If so, can you tell me if it was any good ? Also, has anyone used ERwin or Rational, and, if so, what did you think of it ? Walt PS: Has anyone set up an RSS replicate using verion 11 yet ? **************************************************************************** *** Forum Note: Use "Reply" to post a response in the discussion forum.
WALTER LOWICH said: > I know that this is off-topic, but has anyone used an open source data > modeling tool ? If so, can you tell me if it was any good ? Also, has > anyone > used ERwin or Rational, and, if so, what did you think of it ? ErWin sucks donkey cock, or at least, it used to: expensive and as unstable as hell. > PS: Has anyone set up an RSS replicate using verion 11 yet ? Yes ... ??? -- Bye now, Obnoxio http://obotheclown.blogspot.com/