Reputation: 5312

Is there more beautiful database drawing software than visio?

I want to know if you know other beautiful database drawing software other than visio.

Because i think visio is not delegant enough. So Can you give me some advice?

Thanks a lot.

Upvotes: 1

Answers (5)

Reputation: 4030

MySql Workbench is a nice Designer and free. The only drawback I find is that it only produce scripts for mysql.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 17964

SQL Server has built in functions to create graphs.

Saves you from creating a graph first and than the db schema.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 23293

Oracle Designer is the best i have ever used. however, it does not come cheap...

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 54454

I do not know Visio, but I have been using Dia for almost 10 years, and it's great. It's also free (as in speech).

Some people have compared Dia favorably to Visio.

Upvotes: 1

Reputation: 18473

Try www.magicdraw.com. It produces beautiful diagrams.

Upvotes: 1