Data Modeling Tools
Walter Lowich asked about open source data modeling tools, ERwin and Rational. Art Kagel found ERwin very good with IDS but expensive. Jonathan Leffler pointed to a list of drawing tools. Jack Parker preferred Erwin for Informix, liked ERStudio's interface, and found RDA hard for casual use. Obnoxio called ERwin expensive and unstable. His RSS replicate question was not answered.
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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/