designer wanted

Hi!
I'm looking for (preferably free) a tool that is useful in graphical
representation of DB (something like Oracle Designer). Could you give me
some hints where to find one?
Thanx
YaroVisio is pretty good for any type of UML design as well as E-R Diagramming.
It can even generate classes for you as well as the SQL needed to create the
objects.
Its' relatively inexpensive as far as designers go.
Rick Sawtell
"Jarosaw Tajcher" <ziomuch@.wp.pl> wrote in message
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> Hi!
> I'm looking for (preferably free) a tool that is useful in graphical
> representation of DB (something like Oracle Designer). Could you give me
> some hints where to find one?
> Thanx
> Yaro
>|||The SQL Server (assuming you have already paid for it) comes with a diagramm
ing tool. Also, MS Access (in case you aready have a copy of it) has a "rel
ationship" tool which might be useful for your project (you can import prett
y much any data into MS Acc
ess).
Not exactly, what you asked for, but you might already have the tool you are
looking for...in your hands...
Tea C.
"Rick Sawtell" wrote:

> visio is pretty good for any type of UML design as well as E-R Diagramming
.
> It can even generate classes for you as well as the SQL needed to create t
he
> objects.
> Its' relatively inexpensive as far as designers go.
>
> Rick Sawtell
>
> "Jaros3aw Tajcher" <ziomuch@.wp.pl> wrote in message
> news:cdrpao$q7e$1@.nemesis.news.tpi.pl...
>
>|||There is no inexpensive tool for data modelling. While the SQL Server,
Access and Visio, may work they all have drawbacks.
One key feature is the ability to create a database or at least tables
in a database directly from a diagram and to have changes in the
diagram relect in the tables and relationships.
Anothe key feature of a tool is the ability to store elements of the
model ina repository for future re-use. Any experience developer would
love to carry around a file of tables used on other projects as a
short cut to designing the current project.
Lastly, you should look for the data and OODB (UML) modeling symbols
for visio that may now exist, some for no fee, if your goal is OODBs.
Lou Arnold
On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 19:06:02 -0700, "examnotes"
<smece1972@.yahoo.com.nospam> wrote:

>The SQL Server (assuming you have already paid for it) comes with a diagramming too
l. Also, MS Access (in case you aready have a copy of it) has a "relationship" tool
which might be useful for your project (you can import pretty much any data into MS
Ac
cess).[vbcol=seagreen]
>Not exactly, what you asked for, but you might already have the tool you ar
e looking for...in your hands...
>--
>Tea C.
>
>"Rick Sawtell" wrote:
>