Re[2]: Entity Relationship Diagrammer
Posted in 1995
Topics: Triggers, Constraints & Referential Integrity
>>>Is anyone using a 'good' entity relationship >>>diagrammer? >>>We have to reverse engineer 'table' relationship's. >>>Then go forward with the 'diagrammer'. >>> <deletia> >I have found ERWin/ERX (from LogicWorks) to be adequate. It has a >neat reverse-engineering feature that works quite well (if your schema >include primary and foreign key declarations) to generate IDEF1X >editable diagrams. Handles Informix, Oracle, SyBase, SQLServer, >others I can't remember right now. Runs under MS Windows. >-TWS Be careful with ERwin/ERX. We have been using it for diagramming the changes that the programmers have been making to the database. If they add/delete a FK, the import will not pick it up. In other words, existing diagrams will not reflect relationship changes between tables. Logicworks confirms this. So, I am going to be looking at S-Designer, based on a couple of earlier messages, to see if it will pick up relationship (?) changes from the database and propagate them to the model. Version info: ERwin/ERX for Powerbuilder v2.0; Informix 6.0. Don Boothby (317)232-4602 State of Indiana donald_boothby_at_isdlan@isd.state.in.us