[TriLUG] Data Modeling Tools

[Ron Joffe]

On Thursday 30 August 2007 11:03, Glenn Starling wrote:
> I'm designing a a new database application with about 30 tables.  What
> back-end design tools do you use and/or recommend?  Database will be
> MySQL 5.0 running on Ubuntu.  At this stage, switching to PostgreSQL
> would not be out of the question if there was a good reason.
>
> The design tools I have tried (MySQL Navigator, MySQL Query Browser,
> Workbench, Ferret) all seem to be weak compared to Erwin and some of the
> ones that come with Oracle, SQL Server, and Access.  Some support for
> stored procedures and stored functions is mandatory.  Naturally, there
> is a strong preference toward open source.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -- Glenn

So why not stick with Oracle ?? is it the open source part or the $$$ part 
that makes you shy away from utilizing Oracle ?

Ron