The introduction of object-oriented (OO) programming languages provoked an unfortunate schism in the world of software development. Relational databases dominated the database world and Entity Relationship (ER) modeling quickly dominated database design. This determined the target data structure for programmers when they wrote applications. However, OO languages embodied distinctly different views of data. This mismatch might have been brushed under the carpet if object databases had ever gaine...

ER/Studio Enterprise Team edition provides the fastest, easiest, and most collaborative way for data management professionals to build and maintain enterprise-scale data models and metadata repositories. Built-in facilities automate routine modeling tasks so users can analyze and optimize database and data warehouse designs faster than ever. Model change management provides the ability to create and track tasks associated with data models in order to enable data architects to ensure their model...

In the webinar, Demystifying Macros with ER/Studio, Embarcadero Software Consultant Stanley Chan demonstrated how macros work in ER/Studio. He showed how to use the built-in macros and also shared some custom macros during the session. If you missed the live presentation, you can watch it on demand. There were a lot of great questions during the session, some of which Stan didn’t have time to answer live. So he has provided responses to several of those for this blog. Q: In the color-coding de...