Hello,

I don't use graphical tools during development. My current customer wishes graphical models. So I'd like to have a tool which can reverse engineer my database and create a model.

Is there any reverse engineering tool which requires nearly no 'hand work'?

Any hint appreated.

Andreas

It would really help knowing what kind of DBMS product you're using.
There are many graphical tools that do "reverse engineering". Just
google around. I'm sure you'll find some.

On Feb 14, 11:06 am, "eKo1" <berndlos... (AT) netscape (DOT) net> wrote:
Yes, PLEASE mention the DBMS product at least. (mentioning version and
platform OS earns bonus points).

I've been suprised recently with VISIO. It has a datamodelling feature
that can download the SCHEMA. I have only starting trying it out, so I
haven't hit it's limits, but it works fine with ORACLE. Might be worth
a try.

Andreas,

Database Diagramming Tool (DDT) is light on features but might work for
you:

http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/DDT/en/

-- Bill

"Andreas Thiele" <nospam (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

Hello,

I don't use graphical tools during development. My current customer wishes
graphical models. So I'd like to have a tool which can reverse engineer my
database and create a model.

Is there any reverse engineering tool which requires nearly no 'hand work'?

Any hint appreated.

Andreas

"eKo1" <berndlosert (AT) netscape (DOT) net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1171469214.285401.293440 (AT) m58g2000cwm (DOT) googlegroups.com...
I use Oracle and MS SQL Server. Meanwhile I know at least two tools which can do reverse engineering. Unfortunately both give you a diagram which is unusable until you move tables around to minimize crossing of connecting lines. I'd like to have a tool which frees me from this kind of work, which can unfold the diagram.

Is such a tool available/known?

Andreas

"AlterEgo" <alterego55 (AT) dslextreme (DOT) com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:12t730ehqo4pgdc (AT) corp (DOT) supernews.com...
Thanks, its helpful.

Andreas

"Ed Prochak" <edprochak (AT) gmail (DOT) com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1171470312.421268.80590 (AT) v45g2000cwv (DOT) googlegroups.com...
Well, meanwhile I mentioned I use Oracle, but I don't see how this changes things

Thanks for you hint.

Andreas

On Feb 15, 8:28 am, "Andreas Thiele" <nos... (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:
Sybase has a tool called PowerDesigner:

http://www.sybase.com/products/model.../powerdesigner

greg.fenton