Guides
Short, practical pieces that use the comparison data. Each lists its sources and keeps a dated update history.
All guides
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- mysql-workbench-data-modeling
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- updated
MySQL says the 8.0 Workbench line has reached end of life, and the new Workbench doesn't list data modeling yet. What that means for EER models, and how to move them.
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- how-to-choose-a-data-modeling-tool
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- how-to
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Seven questions, asked in order, that cut a long list of data modeling and ERD tools down to two or three you should actually trial.
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- conceptual-logical-physical-model-tools
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- explainer
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A short refresher on the three model levels, then a table of which data modeling tools say they support each one, from the vendors' own pages.
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- diagram-as-code-dbml-mermaid-sql
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- worked example
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The same two-table schema written three ways, with the SQL that DBML actually generates, and what each format is good and bad at.