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| | I was using Visio until Microsoft decided that you need to purchase a MSDN Premium Subscription and one of the VS 2005 Team Editions. I liked it but I don't feel it's worth $2,000+ -Larry |
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| I am playing around with DBDesigner 4 right now. So far it seems ok.
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| | I have pretty much stayed entirely with MS Visio Architect for Visual Studio as well since it comes with my MSDN subscription, and that most of the companies that I have been with have it as some sort of defacto standard... I have also strayed off and used ERwin from CA but as a smaller shop I just can't afford (or justify) $4000 USD for a data modeling tool; especially since I tend to build my database from my objects and not the other way around. Lance P.S. I just noticed that CA is offering a great deal right now on ERwin! You get a $200 iPod Nano with every purchase! LOL! What a steal!  |
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| | After trying some of the alternatives I finally broke down and purchased a copy of Visual Studio 2005 Team Architect Edition. |
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| | I've tried most of the tools out there. For the basics of creating a data model efficiently, I have always ended up with xCase as head and shoulders above the rest. It is idiosyncratic, and I can show you a weakness or two, but my job is to get the work done, and nothing else comes close in terms of letting me work as fast as I can think. Your mileage may vary, but I've checked everything out that has come in the last 13 years, and I end up staying with xCase. Hank Fay |
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| | Hi Charles, Take a look at Enterprise Architect (www.sparxsystems.com) - a UML product that has a not too flash database component but its very reasonably priced and it has a lot of great UML tools. Peter |
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