On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 9:43 AM, Kevin Cully <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks for the help Ted. Is this format the dump that you can import into > Dia? or is it just a schema XML output? I can give it a try, but I think > the Dia XML is going to be a bit different. > Sorry, I misunderstood your request. Time to go back for more coffee :) In your OP, you said you want to end up in PostgreSQL (which I encourage), so I'm not sure why you're spending all this time with MySQL. Perhaps you can clarify what you've got and where you want to go with it. >From what I've read, (http://dia-installer.de/doc/en/loadsave-chapter.html), export files from database tools like phpMySQL are likely going to be XML files describing the _structure_ of tables and fields, while DiaXML is storing the structured drawing elements (lines, boxes, labels) with no database-structural content. Dia is a drawing tool, for output, and not a CASE tool. xCase was a tool we used with a lot of success in the 90's and 00's. There was a similar MySQl tool, Database Designer or something, that I think Oracle discontinued. I tried a KDE tool, Komposer, but didn't have a lot of luck getting support for it. If you've got access to the MS tools, Visio at one time had a pretty good set of data manipulation tools (in fact, before it was absorbed by the Borg, John M. Miller was really excited about using it as a Business Rules tool.) of course, you may need the Enterprise Ultimate Data Architect version :) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CACW6n4s87DJC5eOdvbDQ+-0qF14ZESV7XjsLC2b+ve0CZHg=a...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
