ER Diagrammer

Toad contains an Entity Relationship (ER) Diagrammer that is useful for visualizing application table and other objects’ relationships.

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The author uses the ER Diagram feature when he’s assigned a new project. He extracts the objects in his current assignment, prints them, and posts them in plain sight for quick reference.

You access the ER Diagrammer by choosing Database → Report → ER Diagram; see Figure 5.26.

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FIGURE 5.26 Accessing the ER Diagrammer

This feature works in conjunction with the Object Palette (choose View → Object Palette).

Using the diagrammer is easy; just drag and drop your table objects from the Object ...

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