Robert Cummings wrote: >Sorry, can't help you. I haven't had to create an ERD since school. >Thinking back I usually visualize the structure and just hammer out the >tables with my favourite editor and tweak as necessary within the early >development stages. Thanks for the reply. Sure, I could do likewise (and often have, for small stuff) but I find that a good ERD helps explain a data model so much more quickly than looking at the tables, especially when coming back to something after a long break from it. I guess I'll stick with Visio for now, and await the forthcoming MySQL Workbench (and hope it's better than its earlier incarnation). >Probably easier to have a PHP script generate the >ERD from the table structure *lol*. Well, yes, there is that... :P -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia "Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water; After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water" - Wu Li -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
