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JustinBigelow
SQL Gigolo
1157 Posts |
 Posted - 2003-10-02 : 23:41:56
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Hey graz,How about a new poll? What tools (if any) do you use for db modeling?Possible answers: Visio, EM, ERWin, Access, modeling?, etc...I've started working with Visio and it got me wondering about the rest of the people here at sqlteam.JustinEdit: Some uppity white boy didn't like the word peeps  "Look at it out there orbiting like it's so cool, we will rule it with an army of replicants!" |
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robvolk
Most Valuable Yak
15732 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-02 : 23:50:58
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Graph paper and pencils.  Actually, I use Post-It Notes and crayon. |
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Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!
4970 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-02 : 23:52:28
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| Write it on the wall in bloodDamian |
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JustinBigelow
SQL Gigolo
1157 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-02 : 23:54:05
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Originally posted by Merkin
Write it on the wall in blood
Can't the walls of the torture chamber are black. and there is no room with all the S&M gear to show all the related tables.Justin"Look at it out there orbiting like it's so cool, we will rule it with an army of replicants!" |
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Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!
4970 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-02 : 23:58:02
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| Ya know, there is someone on this forum who may have had to deal with that problem.You know who you are Damian |
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mohdowais
Sheikh of Yak Knowledge
1456 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-03 : 07:41:36
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Paper and pencils or Whiteboard and markers do well enough for me. One of my (rather eccentric) colleagues has pasted ERDs all over his office walls, I can't bear to sit in his office for more than 5 minutes!Owais
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JustinBigelow
SQL Gigolo
1157 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-03 : 09:27:47
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Originally posted by mohdowais
Paper and pencils or Whiteboard and markers do well enough for me. One of my (rather eccentric) colleagues has pasted ERDs all over his office walls, I can't bear to sit in his office for more than 5 minutes!
Whiteboards aren't too convenient when the customer wants the diagrams as part of the deliverable.  Justin"Look at it out there orbiting like it's so cool, we will rule it with an army of replicants!" |
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SamC
White Water Yakist
3467 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-03 : 10:53:35
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I'd like to see a poll on how President Bush is handling the budget, the economy and taxes.Maybe that's another topic ? |
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JustinBigelow
SQL Gigolo
1157 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-03 : 11:01:49
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| Bah! Leave politics out of sqlteam. If we want to start an idealogical debate lets re-examine the surrogate/natural key argument. The economy doesn't have anything on an identity column in your table. Justin"Look at it out there orbiting like it's so cool, we will rule it with an army of replicants!" |
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X002548
Not Just a Number
15586 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-03 : 12:42:18
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| You left out Embarcadero's ER Studio...ERWin works great...and if you have aplotter, you can wallpaper the office...Best feature is reverse engineering a dbOr you could alsways the telepathic method....Plugs right in to a serial portEDIT: Access?[thud]falling out of chair[/thud]Brett8-)SELECT @@POST FROM Brain ORDER BY NewId()That's correct! It's an AlphaNumeric! |
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AjarnMark
SQL Slashing Gunting Master
3246 Posts |
Posted - 2003-10-04 : 19:19:25
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| Put me down for Visio, because that's the tool that was available. Used SystemArchitect once, but not enough to judge it. Hear people talk about ERWin a lot but have never used it.--------------------------------------------------------Visit the SQLTeam Weblogs at [url]http://weblogs.sqlteam.com[/url] |
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New Poll idea