DataArchitect4.3

Name: DataArchitect
Price: 149.95 $
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

15 August 2012

Architecture database data modeling and more.

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Overview

DataArchitect is a powerful tool that provides ERD capability like PowerDesigner as well as the ability to graphically reverse engineer, create and modify a database through ODBC and perform advanced SQL functions.

What's new in DataArchitect

Version 4.3:

Upgraded engine to Qt 4.8.0
Faster object movement in the diagrams, especially on OSX
SVG Support
Crash reports automatically submitted
Remote software update implemented
iODBC included on Linux/Unix platforms
Setup available to switch between builds
Faster SQL execution by using binding during reverse engineering
Use iODBC Unicode on OSX 10.5 and above
Added samle models for all supported databases
Import Firebird domains
Features
- Workspace/Project oriented environment
- ERD centric data modelling
- Logical Data Model
- Physical Data Model (Oracle, ODBC, SQL92, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB2, FireBird, MS SQL, SQLBase)
- model panner ('birds eye view')
- quick find and navigation from output window
- model validation
- full documentation capabilities
- integrated Advanced SQL Editor with syntax highlighting
- save/load SQL sessions
- integrated ODBC
- multi-platform (Linux (x86, x86_64, ppc), Windows, Solaris and OSX)
- open file format (XML)
- DBMS specific features such as data types and SQL syntax
- reverse engineer existing databases
- generate create-scripts
- print model
- print data dictionary
- liberal use of tool-tips to help Users
- integrated Team Diagram (general purpose diagramming)
- Dynamically drop/add keys and linked indexes
- Dynamically add foreign keys on tables
- supports table inheritance
- supports: table, view, domain, sequence, procedure, and more
- Full unicode support
Planned features
- Support for database specific features of Oracle, etc.
- Support for file standard in use by PowerDesigner, Rational etc
- Area zones in order to work with an selected amount of objects
- Create modify script (SQL script to modify existing database with data preservation)
Supported databases
- generic using ODBC (included)
- generic using SQL92 (included)
- MySQL (included)
- PostgreSQL (included)
- InterBase/FireBird (included)
- DB2 (optional - additional cost)
- MSSQL (optional - additional cost)
- Gupta SQLBase (optional - additional cost)
- Oracle (optional - additional cost)

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4 Reviews of DataArchitect

I am commenting upon the latest iteration of version 2; I refuse to pay for the upgrade. I like this program because it is an ERD program, and its available for the Mac. I haven't found anything else in this category (OmniGraffle doesn't count). My problems with it make it unusable, in my opinion. Firstly, the interface is kludgy and very un-aqua. Drawing tables is slow, and there is a delay between selecting clicking on something to drag it and when it begins to drag. This means that if I've already begun to drag before the program begins to drag then my mouse will be where I want it to be but the item being dragged will be offset to the position where it was when the program caught up with me. Hard to explain, but very annoying. Similarly, if I doubleclick on an object it seems to want to drag it around so if I don't click again in the same place before clicking in a text field (such as table name), then it will move the object to the location of the click. My biggest problem, and the reason I refuse to use it, is that it crashes. At first I put up with it because I'm designing a huge DB right now. I made it a point to save after practically every change. Then, the worst scenario happened. In the middle of a save it crashed on me, completely zero-ing out the file and losing every bit of my work. Use this new version at your own risk, I guess. BTW, I'm on a G4 1ghz 1G RAM.

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