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Yikes! <embarrassed> IT must have upgraded my Visio after my last hard
drive replacement, and it never occurred to me to look. I used to have
Standard, but I now see that I can create data model diagrams.
I'll look more deeply later today, but do you know if I can point it at
the database and have Visio generate the diagram?
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From: pchpch -at- gmail -dot- com [mailto:pchpch -at- gmail -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:14 AM
To: Kelly Parr
Cc: Technical Writer; techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Data modeling freeware recommendations
Perhaps you have only Standard? Visio 2007 Professional can reverse
engineer/refresh database models.
On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:26 PM, Kelly Parr <kparr -at- vertica -dot- com> wrote:
> I'll create graphics based on existing schema and adding the updates
> (new tables, new PK-FK constraints, etc.). I don't know what tool the
> previous writer used to create the diagrams, which were all saved as
> .png
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