"Don" <don81846@NO_CaCa.Earthlink.net> wrote in message
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OK, to finally get to the point! What is the informed opinion on
DBDesigner 4? Is it worth investing time on?
Depends on if you need a ER diagramming tool that badly. Even though I
support the use of ER diagrams, I actually don't use them very often except
when producing engineering docs. I end up designing databases using pencil
& paper (or a whiteboard). Then from that diagram I write a SQL script for
the DDL.
Note that you can use DBDesigners in reverse-engineering mode. Once you
implement your database (using a SQL script), you can produce the ER diagram
directly from the live database. At least that way you'd be less likely to
hit ESC partway through.
Also, there's a successor to DBDesigner, called MySQL Workbench.
It's still in alpha release, but here's the announcement with links to
download:
http://forums.mysql.com/read.php?113...4592#msg-44592
As for hitting the ESC key accidentally, perhaps you should glue a thumbtack
to the key! >;-)
I get bitten by that too -- my "vi" habits are unfortunately not helpful
when I'm writing in textareas in HTML forms.
Regards,
Bill K.