Re: Database Diagram Drawing Tools ?

From: <database(at)gurubase(dot)com>
To: <karl(at)debisschop(dot)net>, Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop(at)h00a0cc3b7988(dot)ne(dot)mediaone(dot)net>
Cc: "Robert B(dot) Easter" <reaster(at)comptechnews(dot)com>, <database(at)gurubase(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Database Diagram Drawing Tools ?
Date: 2000-07-29 13:03:01
Message-ID: 964875781.3982d6052acb2@mail.gurubase.com
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Hi all,

I have downloaded the dia 0.80 for Redhat. But it has only diagrams for
flowchart, network, sybase uml and circuit. I would like to use it to show the
table fields and the relationship. How can I do it?

Many thanks!!!

Best regards,
Boris

Quoting Karl DeBisschop <kdebisschop(at)h00a0cc3b7988(dot)ne(dot)mediaone(dot)net>:

> "Robert B. Easter" wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, database(at)gurubase(dot)com wrote:
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I need drawing tools to show the table relationship. I have used
> pgaccess but
> > > it seems that the effect is not very good. Are there any
> recommendations?
> >
> > Dia
> >
> > http://www.lysator.liu.se/~alla/dia/
> >
> > --
> > - Robert
>
> We paid $$$ for visio pro. It can automatically detect table
> relationships and show joins. But we were never able to find a way to
> show which attributes the joins were based on. In the end we found dia
> to handle the task easily. And for no $$$.
>
> I second the recommendation.
>
> --
> Karl DeBisschop
kdebisschop(at)alert(dot)infoplease(dot)com
> Family Education Network/Information Please http://www.infoplease.com
> Netsaint Plugin Developer kdebisschop(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net
>

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