Entity Relationship diagram from text tool

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Is there any ER tool that can generate the model using textual input? I am currently using dia which is an awesome tool, but i am looking for something which accepts text as input.

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 13 '12 at 06:09

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you can use vision by direct take input from <xml> though Visio does not support the XML data source unless you have an ODBC driver or OLE DB driver that can read from the <XML> file.

Then you can make the ER diagram from the textual inputs.

Hope this one helps you

answered Sep 13 '12 at 06:09

Viral Shah

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Thank for the reply.Just to be sure, this is the software right?[link](http://download.cnet.com/XML-Vision-Tool/3000-7241_4-10410518.html) – Sid Sep 13 '12 at 06:43
yes, its a software instead of `dia tool` if you use `visio` then it would be better to make ER diagram from the textual inputs (XML) – Viral Shah Sep 13 '12 at 06:59

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 05 '20 at 10:15

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I know this is an old question, but still searching the same.

Actually I found a pretty nice tool but not open source : https://dbdiagram.io

May it Help.

answered Mar 05 '20 at 10:15

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '20 at 23:02

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Another option would be erd. From the project description, it:

translates a plain text description of a relational database schema to a graphical entity-relationship diagram.

Sounds like the kind of thing the OP was looking for.

answered Sep 15 '20 at 23:02

ptc

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Entity Relationship diagram from text tool

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