[NBLUG/talk] Database design tools

[Dave Sisley]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2004 at 04:37:18PM -0800, Troy Arnold wrote:
> Howdy-
> 
> I'm looking for a tool to help me visualize and design complex
> databases.  The best one I've used is unfortunately a windows product:
> http://www.datanamic.com/dezign/index.html
> 
> I can make a decent visual representation with Dia, but Dezign is faster
> and will also export SQL to generate the tables for me.
> 
> So I'm wondering if there is something that will run natively under
> Linux that is more appropriate for what I want to do then Dia is.

Troy:

I'd heard that there was a way to convert a Dia diagram to sql, but 
I've never tried it (powerful magic!).

A google search (dia + sql) turned up this:

http://tedia2sql.tigris.org/

If you haven't already seen it, maybe it will help.

-dave.

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