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Do you hate starting on a new project and having to try to figure
out someone else's idea of a database?&nbsp; Or are you in QA and the
out someone else's idea of a database?
Or are you in QA and the
developers expect you to understand all the relationships in their
schema?&nbsp; If so then this tool's for you.<br>
<br>SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool that analyzes the metadata of
a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a
browser-displayable format. &nbsp;It lets you click through the
hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships. &nbsp;
schema?
If so then this tool's for you.<br>
<br>SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool (requires <a href="www.java.com/getjava/">Java 1.4 or higher</a>) that analyzes the
metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a
browser-displayable format.
It lets you click through the
hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships.
The browsing through relationships can occur though HTML links and/or though the
graphical representation of the relationships. &nbsp;It's also designed
graphical representation of the relationships.
It's also designed
to help resolve the obtuse errors that a database sometimes gives related
to failures due to constraints.<br>
<p>
It is free software that is distributed under the terms of the
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html">
Lesser GNU Public License</a>.&nbsp;
Lesser GNU Public License</a>.
Your <a href="http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=137197">donations</a>
are, however, <span style="font-weight: bold;">greatly </span>appreciated.<br>
<p>
If you like SchemaSpy then please rate it on <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/schemaspy">freshmeat</a>.
If you like SchemaSpy then please:
nominate it: <a href="https://sourceforge.net/awards/cca/nomination.php?group_id=137197">
SourceForge.net 2007 Community Choice awards</a>,
vote for it: <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/schemaspy">freshmeat</a>,
<a href="http://digg.com/programming/SchemaSpy_-_opensource_graphical_DB_schema_generator">digg it</a>,
and tag it: <a href="http://del.icio.us/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fschemaspy.sourceforge.net%2F&title=SchemaSpy&copyuser=tag&copytags=database%2Bjava%2Bschema%2Btools%2Bvisualization&jump=no&partner=del">del.icio.us</a>.

<p>
SchemaSpy uses the <span style="font-style: italic;">dot</span>
executable from <a target="_blank" href="http://www.graphviz.org/">Graphviz</a>
to generate graphical representations of the table/view relationships.
This was initially added for people who see things visually.&nbsp; Now
the graphical representation of
relationships is a fundamental feature of the tool.&nbsp; Graphvis is
not required to view the output generated by SchemaSpy, but the <span
This was initially added for people who see things visually.
Now the graphical representation of relationships is a fundamental feature of the tool.
Graphvis is not required to view the output generated by SchemaSpy, but the <span
style="font-style: italic;">dot</span> program should be in your PATH
(not CLASSPATH) when running SchemaSpy or none of the graphs will be generated.

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the majority of its information,
but has to make vendor-specific SQL queries to gather some information
such as the SQL associated with a view and the details of check
constraints. &nbsp;The differences between vendors have been isolated
to configuration files and are extremely limited. &nbsp;Almost all of the
vendor-specific SQL is optional.<br>
constraints.
The differences between vendors have been isolated to configuration files and are extremely limited.
Almost all of the vendor-specific SQL is optional.<br>
<br>
Sample output of the tool is available at <a
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="sample/"
target="_blank">here</a>. &nbsp;Note that this was run against an
extremely limited schema so it doesn't show the full power of the tool.<br>
target="_blank">here</a>.
Note that this was run against an extremely limited schema so it doesn't show the full power of the tool.<br>
<hr>
<h3><a name="Running_SchemaSpy">Running SchemaSpy </a></h3>
<p>You run SchemaSpy from the command line: </p>
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