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Re: reverse engineering PostgreSQL db's on Apple

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Hi,

> 1. Is there a good product available to Mac OSX that can reverse
> engineer preexisting PostgreSQL DB's? So far I've had the best luck
> using Visio on Windows, but I primarily work on the Mac OSX and would
> prefer not to lug out to the Windows machine just for this task.

You could give "Mogwai ERDesignerNG" a try. It is Open Source and allows 
either to store the model graphically (.png, .svg) or as XML.
It is also available as Netbeans-Plugin.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mogwai/

> 2. Is there a good way to automate this process? I want to make ERD's
> or make notes of changes weekly.

You could easyly extend the existing application yourself or file a 
feature-request to support commandline options on
http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=510780&group_id=65384&func=browse.

Then the desired automation would be possible.

HTH

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