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Free Entity Relationship and Relational Schema Diagram Tool

ERDPLUS

One tool I generally use when working on a projects, mini tasks and exploration is the ERDPLUS tool . It is quite simple and easy to use.

It is a Free tool as well.

Below are some diagrams I generated when i first got in contact with with tool.

ERD DIAGRAMS:

1.

erdplus-diagram-1

2.  A simple HealthCare Organisation Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD)

healthcare-organisation-erd

healthcare

RELATIONAL SCHEMAS

  1. customer_facility_location-relational-schema

Associated Generated SQL code from ERDPlus

 

2.erdplus-diagram

Associated Generated SQL code from ERDPlus

 

3. sales_transaction

Associated Generated SQL code from ERDPlus

This tool can really help make your work straightforward and it is good for practicing too.

 

ER ASSISTANT

A second tool which is also powerful is ER ASSISTANT. This is a downloadable and installable software and once you get your way round it, it is very powerful.

It can check for errors in your ER Diagram and let you know what errors there are so you can fix them.

It is also very handy. Check the tutorial on using ER Assistant here

Below is a screenshot of ER Diagram using ER Assistant

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