its using the same engine as powerdesigner. whats the gimmick behind this. Story 1. Hack Bill Gates & Larry Ellisons bank accounts. 2. Buy Oracle DB source licence from Oracle. 3. Write a Search and Replace globally (s/Oracle/FreeOracle/g) 4. Market FreeOracle Just Daydreaming... -Mandar > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Leith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 10:26 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Entity Relationship diagrams > > > Here's another to add to the list... and guess what - GASP - it's from > Quest!! Another one to add to their growing "Supermarket > Shopping List"! I'm > getting the scent of CA/Platinum here.. > > -------------- > Quest Software Announces Release of QDesigner(tm) to Round-Out > Comprehensive > Development Suite of Products > PR News > April 16 2001 04:52AM PT > > > QDesigner Provides Efficient Database Analysis, Design and > Construction > > IRVINE, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: > QSFT), a leading provider of application management solutions, today > announced the release of QDesigner(tm), an innovative database > design tool that > enables users to efficiently manage the process of > application design from > data and object modeling to code generation, resulting in an > enormous time > savings for the designers. > > QDesigner accelerates database design and construction > processes through the > use of advanced Entity/Relationship (ER) modeling techniques > that include > the ability to "draw" database models, displaying an actual > diagram of the > design before it is applied. QDesigner also allows designers, > developers and > DBAs to visualize database components, so they can > collaborate and share > ideas on how the database should be structured while it is > being designed. > > "Recently, customers have been asking for more functional > database design > solutions," said Marshall Senk, vice president of marketing for Quest > Software. "With QDesigner, we are ready to meet that demand. > We believe the > technology that QDesigner provides will allow IT resources to be more > efficiently deployed in the database design function. It not > only rounds-out > Quest's development suite of products, but also provides users with an > advanced design and modeling tool." > > QDesigner automates the process of creating and changing the > application > components and underlying database structures and is > especially useful in > environments where applications are utilized by many business > units and > developed and supported by different portions of the IT organization. > > "I've been a database administrator and data architect for > ten years and > have used other design tools, but QDesigner is the first ER > tool I've found > that provides such comprehensive design and analysis > capabilities," said > Donna Maser, database administrator for the Celltech Group, > one of Europe's > largest biopharmaceutical companies(1). "QDesigner delivers > all the positive > features of its competitors and more. It is the first product > of its kind > that can provide me with usable code directly from the model > I lay out." > > QDesigner joins Quest Software's solutions for SQL > developers, SQL Navigator > and TOAD, which have been designed to enhance the > productivity of users and > their applications by providing tools for designing, > developing, testing and > impact analysis. QDesigner is now generally available with > pricing starting > at $995 per server. > > -------- > > More reasonable than ERWin as well I should think.. > > Regards > > Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > stephane > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 02:41 > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > I do not know of any good modeling tool for free, they > all charge $$$. > > I found it a bit strange that you have all the > physical layout done then want to do an entity- > relationship diagram after... > > --- Ranganath K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > > Dear DBA Gurus, > > > > I have around 30 tables for which the > > columns, datatypes, size of > > each datatype, referential integrity constraints is > > decided. I need to draw > > E-R diagram linking each table with one or many > > tables. I am looking for a > > tool which will draw the diagram for me if I provide > > the column names, its > > datatypes, referential integrity constraints etc. > > Is there any free tool > > which will do this for me? If not, how do I do > > this? Any URLs or links or > > documents will be very much helpful. Any help in > > this regard will be very > > much appreciated. > > > > TIA and Regards, > > > > Ranganath > > > > > > -- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: > > http://www.orafaq.com > > -- > > Author: Ranganath K > > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: > > (858) 538-5051 > > San Diego, California -- Public Internet > > access / Mailing Lists > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an > > E-Mail message > > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of > > 'ListGuru') and in > > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > > ORACLE-L > > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > > from). 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