Thread: About Tools at the DB design phase.

Greetings,

I am at the design phase of the DB design. That is, I'd like to design
tables and relationships between them, but not the real implement of
tables. Could somebody suggest some good and free tools to help/ease
design the structures please?

Thanks a lot!
Emi

# ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca / 2005-07-27 10:05:43 -0400:
> Greetings,
>
> I am at the design phase of the DB design. That is, I'd like to design
> tables and relationships between them, but not the real implement of
> tables. Could somebody suggest some good and free tools to help/ease
> design the structures please?

    They're not exactly free, but a pen and a hardback notebook (A4)
    have proven to be the best tools over the time.

    YMMV.

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Zeos Database Designer is OK.

http://www.zeoslib.net

Tony Caduto
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Ying Lu wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I am at the design phase of the DB design. That is, I'd like to design
> tables and relationships between them, but not the real implement of
> tables. Could somebody suggest some good and free tools to help/ease
> design the structures please?
>

Heh, I have to concur with this comment. Though I always found the US
letter format to be more standards compliant, myself.

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Roman Neuhauser wrote:

> # ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca / 2005-07-27 10:05:43 -0400:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > I am at the design phase of the DB design. That is, I'd like to design
> > tables and relationships between them, but not the real implement of
> > tables. Could somebody suggest some good and free tools to help/ease
> > design the structures please?
>
>     They're not exactly free, but a pen and a hardback notebook (A4)
>     have proven to be the best tools over the time.
>
>     YMMV.

# bench@silentmedia.com / 2005-07-27 10:13:10 -0700:
> On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Roman Neuhauser wrote:
> > # ying_lu@cs.concordia.ca / 2005-07-27 10:05:43 -0400:
> > > I am at the design phase of the DB design. That is, I'd like to design
> > > tables and relationships between them, but not the real implement of
> > > tables. Could somebody suggest some good and free tools to help/ease
> > > design the structures please?
> >
> >     They're not exactly free, but a pen and a hardback notebook (A4)
> >     have proven to be the best tools over the time.
> >
> >     YMMV.
>
> Heh, I have to concur with this comment. Though I always found the US
> letter format to be more standards compliant, myself.

    This is the Central Europe, sir. You either play by the continental
    standards or we send you back home. ;)

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