Best Free database designer?

  • Hey, I noticed some guys below posted about the free best html editor and domain host, so I thought if it isn't too much trouble:

    What's the best free database designer[/url]? Is it worth paying for software?

    My goal at this point is just to play around, but the software I found is not exactly fantastic.

    Jess

  • There is of course no such thing as free software. 🙂

    PowerDesigner is very powerful:

    http://www.sybase.com/products/modelingdevelopment/powerdesigner

    Visio is cheap but basic:

    http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/visio/default.aspx

  • checkitoutcouk (8/25/2009)


    Hey, I noticed some guys below posted about the free best html editor and domain host, so I thought if it isn't too much trouble:

    What's the best free database designer[/url]? Is it worth paying for software?

    My goal at this point is just to play around, but the software I found is not exactly fantastic.

    Jess

    Two questions:

    1) What's the relevance of the link? It doesn't seem to have anything to do with your question about free Database Designer tools?

    2) What features would you be looking for in a database designer? SQL Server has the diagrammer built-in to SSMS, what would you want beyond that or different from that? (note: I am not asking because I think that the diagrammer is sufficient, I don't, but it would help to know what more you consider necessary).

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  • checkitoutcouk (8/25/2009)


    What's the best free database designer?

    That would be ... your brain or better saying a properly trained brain 😉

    checkitoutcouk (8/25/2009)


    Is it worth paying for software?

    :w00t: If you are in the software side of the IT industry and you are asking that question... you may be in the wrong business.

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