Re: Database Modeller (Mac)

eden li
Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:23:32 -0000

Using ActiveRecord with extra database level stuff like foreign key
constraints, multiple-column primary keys, etc. is the Wrong Thing to
do.  I got burned by this and had to re-write my database schema in
Rails 1.1.6.  ActiveRecord will enforce most of that stuff for you if
you tell it to.

Most of these tools will probably generate schemas that have that
extra cruft.  They''ll also probably not be compatible with migrations.

Just a word of warning...

On Apr 21, 11:33 pm, Barry Frost
<barry.fr...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a database modelling tool for the Mac? I''m
> building a new Rails app and want an interface to draw out the
> database''s entity relationship diagram, setup foreign keys and
then
> output DDL at the end to MySQL.
>
> I''ve previously used DBDesigner, CASE Studio and some pricier
> enterprise software on Windows, but can''t find anything suitable
for
> my Mac. The MySQL Workbench project seems to have stalled and I
can''t
> find anything suitable.
>
> Any recommendations?
>
> Thanks
>
> Barry Frost