This might not be the right forum for this, but just in case... I am currently using Case Studio (2.23), but could use The Toad Data Modeler if necessary. Have...
Hi I have a problem with the free version. Sometimes it seems to lock up and refuse me to save my changes, is this some kind of limitation in the free version...
Really only two major limits to the freeware - no reverse engineering and not more than 25 entities or tables. It's a great tool for doing little one-off...
Hi, To reverse engineer views please check the Load views check box on tab "Settings" of the "Reverse engineering" dialog. (Click File -> Reverse engineering...
Hi, For Oracle (I don't know what database you work with) you can try to do the following: 1. change the string value in the key NLS_LANG in registry to your...
I'm converting 30 years of flat-file fixed-field data to Oracle 10g. We have list of 450 data elements with basic characteristics like datatype, length and...
Does TDM, Freeware or Commercial, have the capability of creating domain attributes, then assigning other attributes to the domain? What I'd like to be able to...
Hi, to get a correct displaying of characters you need to setup correct codepage in MySQL settings (both, database and client) and you need to use correct...
Hi Results of query SHOW VARIABLES LIKE 'char%': character_set_client utf8 character_set_connection utf8 character_set_database cp1251 character_set_results...
Hi, I don't know how your data elements are exactly stored, however I see two possibities: A) use Toad Data Modeler Trial/Commercial and take advantage of...
Hi, Yes. Click Dictionary -> User types and add a new dictionary item to your model, e.g. "Price". Close the dialog and then try to add a new attribute to...
Hi, our database specialist Mario recommends the following: Try to change your client settings to cp1251 using the following command: SET NAMES 'cp1251' Vaclav...
I have the data in Excel along with datatype, length and description: act_bud_ent VARCHAR2(1) 01505 - Activity Budget Entity act_est_exp NUMBER(12,2) 01307 -...
Did you try how the dictionary works? You cannot store there attributes and use them in your model. You can store there user types/user defined data...
I created a dictionary user type with constraints and descriptions. Then when I used the datatype in my entity attribute it brought across everything except...
Hi, 1) Descriptions: Assing your XLS column values to defined variable similarly to this: xlsDescColumn = 3; // I assume your descriptions are written in...
Hi, I think you need something like repository for your attributes and other database elements. Such a repository for attributes is not available in Toad Data...
Thanks, it's working:) But I have a small problem else: I see hints in the diagram in the unknow characters, but in the table structure I see all characters ...
Great! Re hints: do you use correct fonts in Toad Data Modeler? Click File -> Environment setup and change fonts on the Fonts tab. (Change also font script...
Hi John, domains should be loaded into TDM dictionary (click Model -> Dictionary). Rules and schemas will be loaded among Text objects (Model -> Text objects.)...
Can a project be updated by more than one user at a time? We have two developers and the project will have around 10 submodels. I'd like for each developer...
Hello Elsa, Let me inform you that concurrent work in TDM is not possible. Developers can work on the same model, however not at the same time. TDM allows you...
Say my project is partitionable with only a few entities shared between two developers. If I define the main model with shared entities fully fleshed out and...