Re: Database Re-eng

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I agree with the legwork stuff, but to draw your ERD's by hand, then pound
>them into DDS using SEU and then use CL commands to establish your
>relationships is a bit neanderthal.  I hope you are still not using 132
>column paper to manually design your display and printer files then enter
>the DDS specs using SEU.  I would hope that you are using SDA and RLU for
>this purpose.  Tools like these, the new DSU, and ERwin greatly enhance an
>iterative design process by eliminating alot of the grunt work.


Well, drawing the data flow diagrams seems to take more space than the
largest screen my company's willing to buy...   I'd like a full wall to
draw on.  In the past I've literally papered a wall and drawn the entire
project (As-is, then layers of modifications as the requirements became
'obvious').

Yes, interactive tools are helpful once you have the overall design in
hand, but for the overall view, that wall has a lot of appeal!  (:

No, I use SDA (Haven't used RLU; I don't do a lot of report designs).

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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