Re: database design tool

On Feb 12, 2008 7:46 PM, Shawn McKenzie <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a preferably visual DB design tool? I normally use > mysql, but one that covered several types wood be cool. I'm on Linux, > so the new mysql workbench is a dud. I used it in an alpha or prior > version and it looked promising but crashed frequently. They say a > Linux version in 2008, but I'm not holding my breath. For RAD-style database design, check out OpenOffice.org Base. I know it comes pre-packaged with Mandriva (which I use), but I'm not certain about other distros. Depending on your flavor, you can probably apt-get, yum, urpmi, or manually install from an RPM or DEB. It works a lot like Filemaker and Access, so if you're familiar with those, you should notice a lot of similarities. Plus, it will work without a problem with MyODBC, Unix ODBC, JDBC, and native connections. For future reference though, Shawn, try sending to the PHP-DB list when asking questions like that. Then it's not off-topic. ;-) -- </Dan> Daniel P. Brown Senior Unix Geek <? while(1) { $me = $mind--; sleep(86400); } ?>