Designing database from scratch

[Matt S Trout]

alex at owal.co.uk wrote:
> Folks,
> 
> I'm designing a database from scratch and want to progress from the "back
> of an envelope design". I'm thinking of using SQL Fairy eg
> 
> 
> I write an XML description of the SQL Schema
> 
> SQL Fairy converts that to
> 
>    MySQL SQL Code (typically create statements)
> 
> and possibly
> 
>    Class::DBI
> 
> and definitely
> 
>    GraphViz diagrams

I usually sketch briefly on the pad by my laptop, then knock out a set of 
DBIx::Class classes and use the sqlt interfaces to generate diagrams and DDL 
files. But I always find it easier to conceptually model stuff in code, this 
may just be an artefact of the way my brain works.

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