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Asked: 2026-05-12T06:24:07+00:00

In Visio 2003 Architect version I can generate a SQL Server Database on the

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In Visio 2003 Architect version I can generate a SQL Server Database on the fly from UML ER diagram. But there is no such a way by using Visio 2007. My question is: Any other good and latest tools can support ER-> DB or DB->ER very well for SQL2005/2008?

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    If you’re looking for a free/open source tool to achieve this, you could try:

    DBDesigner

    From the website:

    DBDesigner 4 is a visual database design system that integrates database design, modeling, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment.

    It combines professional features and a clear and simple user interface to offer the most efficient way to handle your databases.

    DBDesigner 4 compares to products like Oracle’s Designer©, IBM’s Rational Rose©, Computer Associates’s ERwin© and theKompany’s DataArchitect© but is an Open Source Project available for Microsoft Windows© 2k/XP and Linux KDE/Gnome. It is release on the GPL.

    And it supports the following features:

    • Available on Linux / MS Windows
    • User Interfaced based on industry standard layouting software
    • Design Mode / Query Mode
    • Reverse engineering MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL and any ODBC databases
    • Userdefined schema-generation
    • Model-To-Database syncronisation
    • Index support
    • Automatic foreign key placement
    • Weak entity support
    • Standard Inserts storing and sync
    • Full documentation capabilities
    • Advanced model printing
    • Output as image
    • All MySQL datatypes with all options
    • User defined datatypes
    • Database storage, ability to save model within database
    • Network-/Multiuser access through database storage
    • Version control*
    • SQL Query Builder
    • SQL Command History
    • SQL Command storage within model
    • Plugin interface

    I think the bolded ones above (my own emphasis) should give you what you require (i.e. effectively two-way database/model synchronization).

    I have used the tool in the past to reverse engineer an existing database to an ER diagram. From what I remember, it wasn’t the most stable software I’d ever used (I seem to recall it crashed a couple of times) however, this was a little while ago so it may be more stable now.

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