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Subject:RE: Generate docs from a MySQL database? From:"Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 May 2005 05:07:16 -0700 (PDT)
ERwin = $4K.
Anybody else? :-)
Seriously, I've used ERwin and it's nice, but in the scope of my
current project 4K is out of the question. Plus, I only need a fraction
of ERwin's capabilities. It would be nice if they had a Lite version.
Mike O.
--- "Cliver, Barry" <CliverBarry -at- PRAIntl -dot- com> wrote:
> >>Hi... I'm looking for a tool (prefereably free) to export schema
> and
> auto-generate a documentation framework from an existing MySQL
> database.
> At a minimum I'd need a basic data dictionary, and diagrams would be
> nice. Hopefully in a nice HTML framework for documentation.
>
> I use Toad to browse my database and ERwin to generate HTML and PDF
> documentation. I use Oracle, so I don't know if ERwin is compatible
> with
> MySQL. Computer Associates makes ERwin.
>
> >>Does anybody have experience with DBDesigner? Can it do what I am
> looking for?
>
> No, sorry.
>
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