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Reverse Engineering A SQL Database

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Ok, this is something I've never done. Now, I need to do this as the database i have to work with (created by someone else) is unreadable. No naming conventions, no relationship diagrams, i mean, i don't even have any specs to look at.

So, Visio will do this, however, in my employers infinate wisdom, they only got the standard edition, which doesn't support database mapping.

I have found something called SQL Edge which i can download. Has anyone used this? Is is as good as Visio?

Are there any other programs which will do it for me?

Or should i fight the case to buy Visio Pro ?

I appreciate any ideas!

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by heml0ck

my experience is with MSSQL 2000.

The few times I've needed to do something similar, I used Visio. It worked seamlessly.

The other nice thing about using visio is it is a great flowcharter, as well as network diagramming tools.

While I haven't used the latest and greatest (sic) I have heard that it integrates very nicely.

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