Database design tools

Let's see why we need a database design tool.

Although the number of tables in your database will definitely depend on the type of product you are working on, it's highly unlikely that there will be a system doing serious work with less than 10-20 tables. By the time we add tables to manage users, roles, and privileges, we will have 4-5 tables. Add a few tables to audit user actions and we will have double digits. Then, of course, there will be tables to support the core business.

We might have a system that deals with products, customers, and warehouses. Or, we can design a system that deals with flights, routes, inventory, and fare classes. Also, we can build a Facebook-killer system with friends, connections, blog posts and groups, and so on. In short, we end up with a number of tables (ranging from ten to maybe many hundreds). When writing scripts and keeping all the details about the tables and columns and their attributes in Excel work, and that might...