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Generating ERD Diagram from Oracle Database

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  • 22-07-2010 9:54am
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    trotter_inc
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    Hey guys!

    I have a question about generating an ERD diagram from an Oracle (9i) database, which I'm hoping someone here can help me with....

    I'm working on application which has a pretty big Oracle database behind it. The database has approx 300 tables and I would like to extract/generate a database diagram from it to make it easier to understand the table relationships. I did not work on the design of the database myself.

    Are there any free tools out there which can help me here? I've done my googling already but I still cannot find anything reliable.

    Thanks for your help!

    Tommy


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    CreepingDeath
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    I'm not sure if Oracle SQL Developer data modeller is free... but looks like it can import an existing database metadata.


    Oracle SQL Developer data modeller


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    trotter_inc
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    CreepingDeath wrote: »
    I'm not sure if Oracle SQL Developer data modeller is free... but looks like it can import an existing database metadata.


    Oracle SQL Developer data modeller

    Thanks for that, I use SQL Developer but didn't know they had a modeller edition too. I just checked it out and it looks like it's free, will give it a whirl and update here with how it goes in case any comes across this in the future.


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    voxpop
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    This visio can do this. Generated one from our SQL database.


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    trotter_inc
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    voxpop wrote: »
    This visio can do this. Generated one from our SQL database.

    Was your db Oracle based though voxpop? Did it bring up any problems for you? I read some threads saying that there are a lot problems related to importing Oracle db schemas in to Visio....though I have not yet tried it myself.


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    voxpop
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    trotter_inc wrote: »
    Was your db Oracle based though voxpop? Did it bring up any problems for you? I read some threads saying that there are a lot problems related to importing Oracle db schemas in to Visio....though I have not yet tried it myself.

    No SQL 2000 and 2005 - it uses a dsn to connect to the database. Comes with a native SQL driver and an ODBC oracle driver (visio 2000). Not sure how well it will work tbh, but works great with mssql


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