This tool maybe has a lot of potential but it gives too much trouble. I was trying to connect to a PostgreSQL database running on a SuSe linux server from both a SuSe distribution and a Mandriva distribution. I couldn't get this working with the ODBC driver. If I try this directly with ODBC, no problems whatsoever. If I try this with DBDesigner, I can connect if the database is empty. From the minute there's something in the database, the connection is closed and the program hangs. It wasn't easy to install the program either. I had to install additional libraries (fair enough), fondle with symbolic links etc etc just to be able to launch it. The program also depends on old versions of certain libraries that haven't been included in my distribution since 2005. Documentation and support weren't exactly great as well. So after a day I gave up and threw it in the bin. I'm sure it works great for some people using a specific combination of database system, operating system (both client and server), ... but my advice is if you can't get it working in an hour or two, don't bother. |
DBDesigner 4 is a database design system.
