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From: Hans Castorp <REWYRLXHEGHO@spammotel.com>
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Subject: Re: Mogwai ERDesignerNG 3.0.0-M5 available
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 20:09:37 +0200
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Can it work without a DB connection by now?

The last time I checked, datatypes could only be used to define tables when an active DB connection was available. This kind of defeats the purposes of an ERD modelling tool in my opinion (especially if it's supposed to work cross-dbms)


Mirko Sertic wrote on 10.10.2011 18:45:
> Hi@all
>
> Version 3.0.0-M5 of ERDesignerNG is available for download.
>
> ERDesignerNG is a free Java based entity relationship design and
> database modeling tool. It's key features are
>
> * is based on Java and can be run on Windows and Unix systems
> * has a powerful WYSIWYG editor for physical database design
> * supports 2D and 3D database modeling, browsing and design
> * generates 3D anaglyphic images from your database structure
> * handles tables, relations, indexes and comments
> * supports a central repository for all models ( Model Repository )
> * supports subject areas
> * supports domains
> * supports MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQLServer, PostgreSQL and H2
> * creates the SQL DDL statements for schema creation
> * has an integrated schema version control system
> * can generate schema migration scripts for every change
> * stores the database definition as XML files for further processing
> * can export the database schema as GIF, BMP, JPEG or SVG files
> * has an integrated reverse engineering module for existing schemas
> * has a build in schema compare feature
> * can generate schema documentation as PDF, HTML, RTF and other
> formats
> * supports schema conversion between different dialects
> * it is based on GPL license
> * support is available by authors and newsgroups
>
> Release 3.0.0-M5 offers a brand new 3D database browsing editor. The
> database structure and dependencies are visualized as a 3D model that
> can be browsed in an interactive manner. Feel free to visit the
> project website at
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mogwai/
>
> Regards
> Mirko Sertic
> Project Admin