Re: ERD for single tables

From: Aditya Toshniwal <aditya(dot)toshniwal(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: calle(dot)hedberg(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: "pgadmin-support lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgadmin-support(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Pravesh Sharma <pravesh(dot)sharma(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Subject: Re: ERD for single tables
Date: 2023-12-07 05:59:14
Message-ID: CAM9w-_m2ACbHnXPx+ENkUtN19Vi8Gy=b68sini6VL_KxhJdkMg@mail.gmail.com
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Hi Calle,

You can try the solution mentioned by Pravesh.
Alternatively, pgAdmin ERD also allows you to drag the table and drop it in
ERD. So you can start with a blank ERD and drag the tables you need.

On Thu, Dec 7, 2023 at 9:13 AM Pravesh Sharma <
pravesh(dot)sharma(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi Calle,
>
> By default, pgAdmin creates ERD for all the related tables. To generate
> ERD for a single table, you can set the value at *Preferences -> ERD tool
> -> Options -> Table Relation Depth* to 0.
>
> Please let me know if this resolves the issue.
>
> Regards,
> Pravesh
>
> On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 11:43 PM Calle Hedberg <calle(dot)hedberg(at)gmail(dot)com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a large and very complicated database, where the complete ERD is
>> so large that it is very hard to find anything (even with a 45" monitor and
>> zooming out). Hundreds of tables, hundreds or relationships.
>>
>> I have tried to create an ERD for a single table only, but that does not
>> seem to work - every time I do it, the result is a complete ERD for the
>> whole database.
>>
>> Is this a bug, or have I missed something? I'm selecting one table,
>> right-click and select "ERD for Table". But I get the complete diagram...
>>
>> Best regards
>> Calle
>>
>
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Aditya Toshniwal
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