database design tool question [closed]

Question

is there a good database design tool can generate sql script to create database (tables) in major database (Oracle, MySQL, SQL server, Sybase) without any changes?

Which design tool are you think is good.

Answer 1

I prefer Power Architect, for the same reasons I listed in this question:

• Accesses source databases via JDBC
• Connects to multiple source databases concurrently
• Compares data models & database structures and identifies discrepancies
• Drag-and-drop source tables & columns into the playpen
• Remembers the origin of each column
• Generates source-to-target visual Mapping Reports
• Forward/reverse engineers PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server & more
• Saves source data structure snapshots in the project, so you can work remotely
• All project data is stored in an easy-to-parse XML format
• OLAP schema modeling: Cubes, Measures, Dimensions, Hierarchies & Levels
• GPL (version 3) licensed

...and a couple reasons of my own:

• runs on basically any platform
• has fairly nice keyboard support for fast model development
• relatively useful diagram auto-layout