For a really long time, I''ve been using DBDesigner from FabForce.net. For those of your who''ve never used it, its a freeware visual entity-relationship diagram tool, which allows you to make database designs visually instead of in SQL DDL. You can then use it to generate the SQL to make your databse design into reality, or even run a "synchronize" to make any changes you''ve made to the data model reflected in the database. Unfortunately, DBDesigner is no longer supported; I understand the designers have went to work for MySQL on MySQL Workbench. I''ve been limping along with DBDesigner for some time now, and then I discoverd migrations. I liked the functionality of migrations, but sure didn''t want to give up my pretty intereface. So, it occurred to me that I could write my own for working with migrations. WebERD (working title) is the result of that idea. It has a visual database designer, using lovely AJAX and Scriptaculous stuff to make it appear more like a desktop app. Currently, it will generate (somewhat crippled) migrations from the schema you draw. I''ve put a decent chunk of hours in on this project, and I''m at a point where I''d like to see some feedback on what I''ve done so far. If you hop over to http://test.bryanduxbury.com:8004 (textdrive proxy issues there...), sign up for an account (please use your email address as the login), and create a project, I''d appreciate what you all have to say about the app. Feature suggestions will be duly considered, and bug reports would be great. It''s still pretty rough, but I''m pleased with how well it works for as long as I''ve worked on it so far. One caveat: for some reason, the app doesn''t work in Firefox. When an AJAX call is made, Firefox actually crashes. If anyone could suggest a path to follow to fix this problem, that''d be swell. Thanks, Bryan Duxbury -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Hi! On May 1, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Bryan Duxbury wrote:> For a really long time, I''ve been using DBDesigner from FabForce.net. > For those of your who''ve never used it, its a freeware visual > entity-relationship diagram tool, which allows you to make database > designs visually instead of in SQL DDL. You can then use it to > generate > the SQL to make your databse design into reality, or even run a > "synchronize" to make any changes you''ve made to the data model > reflected in the database. > > Unfortunately, DBDesigner is no longer supported; I understand the > designers have went to work for MySQL on MySQL Workbench. I''ve been > limping along with DBDesigner for some time now, and then I discoverd > migrations. > > I liked the functionality of migrations, but sure didn''t want to > give up > my pretty intereface. So, it occurred to me that I could write my own > for working with migrations. > > WebERD (working title) is the result of that idea. It has a visual > database designer, using lovely AJAX and Scriptaculous stuff to > make it > appear more like a desktop app. Currently, it will generate (somewhat > crippled) migrations from the schema you draw. > > I''ve put a decent chunk of hours in on this project, and I''m at a > point > where I''d like to see some feedback on what I''ve done so far. If > you hop > over to http://test.bryanduxbury.com:8004 (textdrive proxy issues > there...), sign up for an account (please use your email address as > the > login), and create a project, I''d appreciate what you all have to say > about the app. > > Feature suggestions will be duly considered, and bug reports would be > great. It''s still pretty rough, but I''m pleased with how well it works > for as long as I''ve worked on it so far. > > One caveat: for some reason, the app doesn''t work in Firefox. When an > AJAX call is made, Firefox actually crashes. If anyone could suggest a > path to follow to fix this problem, that''d be swell. > > Thanks, > > Bryan Duxbury >Looks like a fun idea Bryan. Unfortunately I can''t get it to work in either safari, firefox or IE5 on OSX. I get to the design page and see the menu at the top but nothing happens and I can''t click anything. What am I supposed to see. Does this only run in IE on windows? -Ezra
Nice effort, Bryan. I was able to create/edit one table but nothing after that. I was IE6, but it was giving me problems with FireFox as well. I could also create the migrations file. It looks pretty cool. Keep up the good work, and I am sure it will be a very helpful tool. Thanks, Rupak Ganguly Webintellix Blog: http://developershelf.blogspot.com
> One caveat: for some reason, the app doesn''t work in Firefox. When an > AJAX call is made, Firefox actually crashes. If anyone could suggest a > path to follow to fix this problem, that''d be swell.it also crashes Kazehakase, built against Mozilla 1.7.13. i dont have an answer for this. maybe try #firefox on freenode. im sure they want to debug their javascript engine (maybe check out the nightly builds of firefox 3.0 and see if its fixed first) #0 0x00002b1aa426fc0c in js_CheckRedeclaration () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #1 0x00002b1aa4279f17 in js_Interpret () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #2 0x00002b1aa427bd1f in js_Execute () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #3 0x00002b1aa4286df0 in js_InitObjectClass () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #4 0x00002b1aa427c4d2 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #5 0x00002b1aa427854d in js_Interpret () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #6 0x00002b1aa427c524 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #7 0x00002b1aa427854d in js_Interpret () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #8 0x00002b1aa427c524 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #9 0x00002b1aa427854d in js_Interpret () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #10 0x00002b1aa427c524 in js_Invoke () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #11 0x00002b1aa42703f9 in js_InternalInvoke () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #12 0x00002b1aa424ac19 in JS_CallFunctionValue () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libmozjs.so #13 0x00002b1aa4d34ffe in NSGetModule () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/components/libgklayout.so #14 0x00002b1aa4d421aa in NSGetModule () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/components/libgklayout.so #15 0x00002b1aa4d423ed in NSGetModule () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/components/libgklayout.so #16 0x00002b1a9ecdd143 in nsTimerImpl::Fire () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libxpcom.so #17 0x00002b1a9ecddbb5 in handleTimerEvent () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libxpcom.so #18 0x00002b1a9ecd9be9 in PL_HandleEvent () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libxpcom.so #19 0x00002b1a9ecd9eb2 in PL_ProcessPendingEvents () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libxpcom.so #20 0x00002b1a9ecdb887 in nsEventQueueImpl::~nsEventQueueImpl () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/libxpcom.so #21 0x00002aaaaba3f7e2 in ?? () from /usr/lib64/mozilla/components/libwidget_gtk2.so #22 0x00002b1aa0f53c59 in g_main_context_dispatch () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #23 0x00002b1aa0f56dc5 in g_main_context_check () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #24 0x00002b1aa0f570c6 in g_main_loop_run () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 #25 0x00002b1a9f8c0512 in gtk_main () from /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0 #26 0x0000000000403d0e in ?? () #27 0x00002b1aa0adc134 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6 as for the actual editor. sure i''d like to try it out... maybe one day :) -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Thanks for the trace. However, how does one "try #firefox on freenode"? I''m a bit of a noob when it comes to IRC. Anyways, there''s 39 people signed up, lots of project, etc, but only one comment? Some of you must be using IE, right? -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Firefox here. No crashes, but the table builder didn''t really work. Nothing visible happens. Exiting and re-displaying a project shows the change but positioning is way off and none of the editing features work. Bryan Duxbury wrote:> Thanks for the trace. However, how does one "try #firefox on freenode"? > I''m a bit of a noob when it comes to IRC. > > Anyways, there''s 39 people signed up, lots of project, etc, but only one > comment? Some of you must be using IE, right?-- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
Gave it a shot. Looks like there are some display issues to be adressed. Firefox is not rendering anything on the design page. Jin On 5/2/06, Steve Koppelman <hatlessnyc@yahoo.com> wrote:> Firefox here. No crashes, but the table builder didn''t really work. > Nothing visible happens. Exiting and re-displaying a project shows the > change but positioning is way off and none of the editing features work. > > Bryan Duxbury wrote: > > Thanks for the trace. However, how does one "try #firefox on freenode"? > > I''m a bit of a noob when it comes to IRC. > > > > Anyways, there''s 39 people signed up, lots of project, etc, but only one > > comment? Some of you must be using IE, right? > > > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > _______________________________________________ > Rails mailing list > Rails@lists.rubyonrails.org > http://lists.rubyonrails.org/mailman/listinfo/rails >
Ok, I managed to get through the crashes of my Firefox by upgrading. I spent a couple hours making all the bugs that showed up in Firefox go away, and now it works. Check it out. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
I got around the Firefox crashing issue by upgrading to the latest Firefox. I haven''t tested my app on a Mac yet, so I can''t comment on how well it would work there. My next effort on the app will be to add more significant instructions so you guys can actually find your way around. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.