The Art of SQL Server Database Administration, Development, and Career Skills for the Technically Minded
31 Days of SSMS: Table of Contents
Hi – It’s my Birthday (one more year to the big 40). I’ve taken the day off. Writing 31 posts in 31 days is a lot more challenging that I thought it would be. If you want to read about Database Diagramming I highly recommend reading up on it here.
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1816/getting-started-with-sql-server-database-diagrams/
I may come back at some point and write my own article – or I may not – I’m not really sure what else I’d add to the article above.
To be perfectly honest I’m not a big fan of the SSMS implementation of diagramming. At all. I look at diagrams as a way to model and architect design. The inability to sort or auto-arrange into hierarchies bugs me. Also, the fact that modifications to the diagram are immediately pushed all the way to the database scares me. I much prefer Embarcadero ERStudio for diagraming both new projects and reverse engineering existing databases. I like that I can both analyze and solidify design and then create a script to push it to the physical layer.
See you tomorrow – I won’t mail it in again – I promise.