Access Desing tools

[Microsoft]

Can anyone sugest a good desing tool for Modeling Access database
development?

 

[Steve Schapel]

Microsoft,

I use a big sheet of paper (A2 size), a pencil, and an eraser.

- Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP

 

[Tim Ferguson]

I use a big sheet of paper (A2 size), a pencil, and an eraser.

Or a big pile of Post-It notes and a blank wall.

Tim F

 

[Jim Shaw]

Depends on how much money you want to spend.
I use:
Tabloid sized sheets of paper
Excel - One table per work sheet - allows entry of sample data to show
client
Font colors: Black for primary keys, blue for attributes,
red for associations/foreign keys
Visio - This can generate an access database
ErWin - Try to find one of the earlier versions before they got heavy
into reverse engineering.
Enterprise Architect see it at
http://www.netti.hu/doc/sparxsystems/ea.htm I think it is freeware.
-Jim Shaw

 

[MB]

How do you use Visio to create a database? I can't seem to figure out how to get it to export the table definitions and relationships...

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----- Jim Shaw wrote: ----

Depends on how much money you want to spend
I use
Tabloid sized sheets of pape
Excel - One table per work sheet - allows entry of sample data to sho
clien
Font colors: Black for primary keys, blue for attributes
red for associations/foreign key
Visio - This can generate an access databas
ErWin - Try to find one of the earlier versions before they got heav
into reverse engineering
Enterprise Architect see it a
http://www.netti.hu/doc/sparxsystems/ea.htm I think it is freeware
-Jim Sha

 

[Tim Ferguson]

How do you use Visio to create a database? I can't seem to
figure out how to get it to export the table definitions and
relationships....

You need the Pro version -- it comes with a built in template for creating
Jet and SQL Server schemas and exporting them.

Tim F