Reverse Engineering an ERD

One of the items you may have seen on the tools that you were using on Set up for an ERD is that you were asked if you wanted to reverse engineer it. Do not let the term “Reverse Engineer” confuse or scare you. Reverse Engineer – in this case – just means that the…… Continue reading Reverse Engineering an ERD

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Set up for an ERD

So, last time, we discussed briefly what an ERD is and how it makes life easier for you. This time, let’s go thru setting one up. The first step – and possibly the hardest – is picking out the right tool for you. Over the past several years, I have tended more towards the ones…… Continue reading Set up for an ERD

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The Real Value of ERDs

Several years ago, when I first started working with databases, I was lucky enough to work under a manager that believed in the value of Entity-Relationship Diagrams – better known as ERDs. For those of you not familiar with ERDs, they show the relationships of entity sets stored in a database. In other words, they show how each table…… Continue reading The Real Value of ERDs

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