Re: Best open source tool for database design / ERDs?

Take a look at http://www.databaseanswers.com/modelling_tools.htm

I have used Case Studio 2 (fine, weak on documentation generation), and
PowerDesigner by Sybase (truly excellent! but $$$)

John

dananrg@yahoo.com wrote:
> Bjørn T Johansen wrote:
>
>>Have you tried Druid (http://druid.sourceforge.net/index.html) ?
>>It does anything a good ERD designer do and it's free...
>
>
> Thanks Bjorn. I have downloaded it but not tested it yet. I will test
> it in the next few days. DIA doesn't seem like a good choice.
>
> Did somebody say Druid can do forward engineering for PostgreSQL?
>
> I'm a little concerned about stepping over dollars to pick-up pennies
> so to speak. If Druid does about as much as the commercial diagramming
> products do, then I will use it. However, if there is a non-open source
> diagrammer that is USD $200 or less that does a lot more, or does what
> it does a lot better - e.g. it makes me a lot more efficient, then I
> would rather pay for the commercial tool.
>
> What inexpensive (~USD $200 or less) ERD tools are out there, and are
> they a lot more feature-rich than Druid?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dana
>
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