Re: Description of databases

[Andrew Plato <intrepid_es -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

<corry -dot- clybouw -at- quadrat -dot- be> wrote in message news:122961 -at- techwr-l -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 

> I am looking for a tool that would make this task easiers and less 
> labour-intensive.  I know of database management tools but these are
meant 
> for database administrator or developers - they help you create and
manage 
> relations between tables, but not to visualise them.
> 
> Can anyone give me some advice?

Its been awhile, but I used to use ERWin. I think Computer Associates now
owns it. It is (or was when I used it) a great database documentation
tool.  You could hook it to any database and it would reverse engineer it.
You could then port the layout to Visio or regular old graphics. 

Andrew Plato

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