Power*Architect User Guide
SQL Power
Group Inc.
Copyright © 2006 SQL Power Group Inc.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
Basic Concepts
Who this book is for
2. Installation Guide
Power*Architect Prerequisites
How to Obtain the Power*Architect Software
How to Install Power*Architect
Microsoft Windows
Macintosh OS X
Other Platforms
How to Run Power*Architect
Microsoft Windows
Macintosh OS X
Other Platforms
3. How to Use the Power*Architect
Power*Architect User Interface
Setting the User Preferences
JDBC Drivers
A Brief Example
Using Diagram Components
Creating New Tables
Editing Tables
Creating New Columns
Editing Columns
Dragging Columns
Creating Non-Identifying and Identifying Relationships
Editing a Relationship
Selecting Multiple Items in the Playpen
Relocating Objects in the Playpen
Deleting Diagram Components
Database Usage in Power*Architect
Adding a New Connection to the Power*Architect
Adding an Existing Connection
Editing Database Connection Properties
Removing a Database Connection
Setting the Current Project Database
Navigating through the Database Tree
Moving Items from the Database Tree
Find/Replace Function
What It Does
How to Use Find / Replace Function:
Profiling
Table View
Graph View
Forward Engineering and Compare Data Model
Forward Engineering
Compare Data Model Function
Autolayout
What It Does
How to Use Autolayout:
SQLRunner
What It Does
How to Use SQLRunner
Output (Results) Window
Output Formats
Quick Start Wizard
What It Does
How to Use The Quick Start Wizard
4. Database Product Notes
5. Troubleshooting
6. Glossary
7. Acknowledgements
The Apache Software Foundation
JGoodies Karsten Lentzsch
PostgreSQL JDBC Driver
iText
JUnit
The Eclipse Foundation
Sun Microsystems
List of Tables
3.1.
Database Tree Icons
3.2.
Compare Database Model Colour Codes
3.3.
SQLRunner Escape Characters