ER/Studio, hands down: http://www.embarcadero.com/products/erstudio/erdatasheet.html
We use ER/Studio in our Advanced Database course to teach people what we call our "layered" approach to designing and developing solid databases, and we couldn't effectively do that without it. There are so many important inner details that people will miss when they only have the front face of a pencil diagram to prompt them. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tiki Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 7:18 AM Subject: DB Survey > Hi All, > > Just curious as to what applications people use when designing their DB's - Visio? Pen and Paper? Bueller? > > My current shop likes to "wing it" and frankly that's not so good. I'd like to recommend something a little more standardized, and if I can ascertain what might be considered an industry standard, my suggestion might carry more weight. > > I've always been a pen and paper guy, doing data dictionaries first and determing relationships before committing to the DB. I'd like soemthing though, that is a bit more portable (and readable) than my chicken scratch. > > ~Tikiguy > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190708 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
