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Old 09-19-11, 02:23
RickardB RickardB is offline
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Need tool for drawing chart or diagram of complex existing database

Hi
I need to produce a poster with a chart or diagram of tables and relations in an existing database (90 tables, 1200 columns).

Does anyone know of a tool that can pull this off and map the database in a sensible way more or less automatically? I would really prefer something that requires a minimal amount of manual work because it is so time consuming, the database evolves a lot, and I have to produce new versions now and then.

And of course it has to be able to export it to a file for print (.pdf is fine)

Thanks!
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Old 09-20-11, 06:30
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If you've defined your relations with FKs, you can use ERStudio.
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Old 09-23-11, 10:22
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Sybase PowerBuilder

Just posting a brief update. Most have pointed towards Sybase PowerBuilder. I downloaded a trial but so far it does not look good
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Old 09-26-11, 03:18
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Just posting a brief update. Most have pointed towards Sybase PowerBuilder. I downloaded a trial but so far it does not look good
Have you mixed up Powerbuilder with Powerdesigner? The first is an application-builder, the second is for databasedesign...
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Old 10-24-11, 06:52
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Follow up

Downloading powerdesigner now Spent ALOT of time with TOAD and GraphViz, came very close but did not quite make it.
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