Entity Relationship Tool

Posted in 1992

Cheryl Gross — Thu, 5 Mar 92 15:55:43 CST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In response to: >>From: reetz@news.colorado.edu (Mike Reetz) >> >>I'm looking for an ER (Entity Relationship) Diagramming Tool. >> .... parts deleted for brevity.... >> >>What I'd like to see is a program that uses the database itself >>as its description and from the database schema (and some >>DB designer input...like relationships between entities, >>primary keys, foreign keys...) be able to produce ER diagrams. >> >>Other niceties would be the ability to change the diagram and >>have the database schema changed also, or change the schema in some >>other way (via SQL for example) and have these changes reflected >>in the ER Tool's "database". >> >>Mike Reetz boulder.colorado.edu!morse!reetz >>ConferTech International (800) 525-8244 or (303) 235-5378 (voice >>2801 Youngfield, Golden, CO 80401 (303) 237-5151 (switchboard) mail) Have you seen ZIM? It is a entity relationship database owned or managed in the U.S. by Sterling Software. (They have an 800 number). Don't know whether it could meet your needs or not. It is quite handy. From the small amount of experience we have had with ZIM, believe it might do what you need. cg