Thread: Database schema dumper

I'd like to dump a database schema to a file, probably XML but
anything reasonable is good enough.  By "schema", I don't mean the
narrow postgres keyword, but rather the table names, columns,
foreignkeys, triggers, constraints, etc.

I'd really like something that could work for other databases too,
including O-----, M----, etc.  But that might be asking too much.

A quick google for variations on "dump database schema" didn't find
much.

Whether it be a CPAN module, Java class, etc, or a standalone program,
none of that matters much.

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felix@crowfix.com wrote on 30.06.2009 00:08:
> I'd like to dump a database schema to a file, probably XML but
> anything reasonable is good enough.  By "schema", I don't mean the
> narrow postgres keyword, but rather the table names, columns,
> foreignkeys, triggers, constraints, etc.
>
> I'd really like something that could work for other databases too,
> including O-----, M----, etc.  But that might be asking too much.


Take a look at my SQL Workbench/J, especially the WbReport command:

http://www.sql-workbench.net/index.html

http://www.sql-workbench.net/manual/wb-commands.html#command-schema-report

Regards
Thomas

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM, <felix@crowfix.com> wrote:
> I'd like to dump a database schema to a file, probably XML but
> anything reasonable is good enough.  By "schema", I don't mean the
> narrow postgres keyword, but rather the table names, columns,
> foreignkeys, triggers, constraints, etc.
>
> I'd really like something that could work for other databases too,
> including O-----, M----, etc.  But that might be asking too much.

Have you tried pg_dump -s yet?

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 04:32:46PM -0600, Scott Marlowe wrote:

> Have you tried pg_dump -s yet?

Wellll .... I know I said the format is immaterial, and I know I could
write something to convert it into something more useful, but it is on
the low end of what I was looking for, and is very much PostgreSQL
only, not any chance of converting it for use with other databases.

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On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 12:21:22AM +0200, Thomas Kellerer wrote:

> Take a look at my SQL Workbench/J, especially the WbReport command:
>
> http://www.sql-workbench.net/index.html
>
> http://www.sql-workbench.net/manual/wb-commands.html#command-schema-report

That just may do the trick.  I'll explore it a bit tonight.  Looks
like a lot of work has gone into it.

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Hi

Try Mogwai ERDesignerNG. it can reverse engineer databases like
Postgres, Oracle, MySQL, MSSQL, stores its model as XML files and can
also generate DDL from it.
Supporting schema comparison, schema evolution and data dictionaries.

Regards
Mirko

felix@crowfix.com schrieb:
> I'd like to dump a database schema to a file, probably XML but
> anything reasonable is good enough.  By "schema", I don't mean the
> narrow postgres keyword, but rather the table names, columns,
> foreignkeys, triggers, constraints, etc.
>
> I'd really like something that could work for other databases too,
> including O-----, M----, etc.  But that might be asking too much.
>
> A quick google for variations on "dump database schema" didn't find
> much.
>
> Whether it be a CPAN module, Java class, etc, or a standalone program,
> none of that matters much.
>
>

On Monday 29 June 2009, felix@crowfix.com said something like:
> I'd like to dump a database schema to a file, probably XML but
> anything reasonable is good enough.  By "schema", I don't mean the
> narrow postgres keyword, but rather the table names, columns,
> foreignkeys, triggers, constraints, etc.
>
> I'd really like something that could work for other databases too,
> including O-----, M----, etc.  But that might be asking too much.
>
> A quick google for variations on "dump database schema" didn't find
> much.
>
> Whether it be a CPAN module, Java class, etc, or a standalone
> program, none of that matters much.

You mentioned CPAN, so I assume you're comfortable with Perl.  It's Pg
specific, but it's a GREAT utility:

http://www.rbt.ca/autodoc/

Does output in HTML, Dot, Dia,, and XML.

j

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