Is this a real product?

[Max Metral]

As I sit here after waiting 5 minutes for a model build, and with Visio
taking up 324 megabytes of member and 650 megabytes of swap, for a model
with 30 tables, I have to ask: Is this a real product?

The pure single-document db modeling stuff is ok, but the project subsystem
seems a technology preview at best, and a huge waste of developer resources
at worst. What is the plan here, what is the intent of Visio's database
features? Is it a toy for small db's, which is fine, or is it actually
meant to compete with Erwin?

30 tables shouldn't require a supercomputer.

--Max

 

[Chang Oh]

If you are doing ER modeling only, it is better to use Database Model
directly rather than ER Source model which will allow you to aviod build
step without any data loss. Project feature works best if you are an ORM
user.

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Chang Oh
Dev Lead
Enterprise Frameworks & Tools