Re: visual inspection of a database

From: Ersin Beyret <beyret@my-dejanews.com> > >I have an Informix-SE installed on a linux machine and I have a new database >created by somebody else and that I need to understand the relations between >its tables and fields. Is there a visual way of seeing these tables and >fields in a way like inheritance tree or something like that? In this >sceneario a tool will dive in the database, visit each table and report the >relations graphically. > >I know there is a tool called "dbschema" but I do not think it has a visual >output. That's right, it doesn't. Your best be would be to use something like ERwin or PowerDesigner or the like. Some of them are very expensive, however. Or you could write something? :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com