Re: Visualize database schema

From: Merlin Moncure <mmoncure(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Visualize database schema
Date: 2012-08-14 19:49:58
Message-ID: CAHyXU0wVyhM==uc668yVUUs5yoC985BVp-tHJEUGi4-fKJsXFA@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Wolfgang Keller <feliphil(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> Can anyone advice about a tool to visualize a database schema?
>
> SQLalchemy, a Python module, can produce dot (Graphviz) output which you
> can load into your favourite diagramming application such as e.g.
> Omnigraffle, yEd or Dia:
>
> http://www.sqlalchemy.org/trac/wiki/UsageRecipes/SchemaDisplay

You just made my day -- great stuff. ERD generation should be
automatic -- whenever I lay them out I feel like I'm fingerpainting.

merlin

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