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Toad Data Modeler 7.3 - User Guide

Introduction User Interface Models and Model Objects
Physical Data Model
Entity Relationship Diagram Objects Basic Database Design Advanced Database Design
Universal Data Model Logical Data Model Working with Model Objects
Features and Tools
Application Variables Export/Import DDL Script Generation Graphics Model Actions Print Create New Project Reports Reverse Engineering Scripting and Customization About Templates Tips and Tricks Toad for Oracle Integration Toad Intelligence Central (TIC) Integration Tools Version Control
Options and Configuration Databases
Amazon Redshift 1.0 IBM DB2 LUW 9.5 IBM DB2 LUW 9.7 IBM DB2 LUW 10.1 IBM DB2 LUW 10.5 IBM DB2 LUW 11.1 IBM DB2 z/OS 10 IBM DB2 z/OS 11 Greenplum 4.1 Greenplum 4.2 Ingres 9.3 Ingres 10.0 EDB Postgres Advanced Server 10 Microsoft Access 2007/2010 Microsoft Azure SQL Database V12 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Microsoft SQL Server 2016 Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Microsoft SQL Server 2019 MySQL 5.0 MySQL 5.1 MySQL 5.5 MySQL 5.6 MySQL 5.7 MySQL 8.0 Oracle 10g Oracle 11g Release 1 Oracle 11g Release 2 Oracle 12c Release 1 Oracle 12c Release 2 Oracle 18c Oracle 19c PostgreSQL 9.0 PostgreSQL 9.1 PostgreSQL 9.2 PostgreSQL 9.3 PostgreSQL 9.4 PostgreSQL 9.5 PostgreSQL 10 PostgreSQL 11 PostgreSQL 12 SQLite 3.7 Sybase ASE 15.5 Sybase ASE 15.7 SAP ASE 16.0 Sybase IQ 15.2 Sybase SQL Anywhere 11 SAP SQL Anywhere 17 Teradata 13 Vertica Database 8.0
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Functions

Toad Data Modeler allows you to design Entity Relationship Diagrams of specific database platforms, convert physical model from one database platform to another, create an ER Diagram directly from your database (Reverse Engineering feature), update physical models, generate DDL/SQL scripts and Change Scripts, create Dictionary Types, Views, Triggers, Functions, generate detailed documentation to your model (in HTML, RTF, PDF, XSLT formats) and much more.

This chapter describes features and functions related to Physical Data Modeling. Look around each section to get the information you need.

Note: See the sample physical model Videorental (Oracle 10g db) that is included in the installation package of Toad Data Modeler. Default location is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest Software\Toad Data Modeler7.3\Samples.

Benefits of Physical Data Model

  • Detailed definition of database structure, including database specific items, for example:
    • Stored procedures
    • Functions
    • Triggers
    • Views
    • Materialized views
    • Sequences (auto increments) etc.
  • Possibility to synchronize local model with existing database.
  • Possibility to specify logical names for objects (captions for tables, attributes and other objects).
  • Detailed database specific information can be exported to HTML/RTF/PDF or XML/XHTML/CSV reports.
  • Automatic generation of SQL code for selected objects (SQL code generation is not available in Logical and Universal Model)
  • Automatic migration of PK attributes to child entities (Attributes don't migrate to child entities in Logical Model)

Functions

To add a function

Right-click the Functions item in Model Explorer | Add Function.

To edit a function

Double-click the selected function in Model Explorer | Functions (or right-click Edit).

Example: The Function Properties dialog (Oracle 10g)

General Tab

Description

Caption

Logical function name

Name

Physical function name

Schema

Schema selection box

Invoker Rights (CURRENT_USER)

Database dependent option. See particular database reference for more information.

Function Arguments

Write function arguments here.

Datatype of the Return Value

Define data type of the return value.

Deterministic

Database dependent option. See particular database reference for more information.

Definition is Wrapped

Database dependent option. See particular database reference for more information.

Generate

Select it to generate the function in final SQL (DDL) script.

Generate SQL only

Select it to generate only the content of the SQL tab. All other items will be ignored.

SQL Tab

SQL code. (See the example in the following screenshot.)

About Templates

To Do Tab

On this tab, you can write some tasks on the selected function.   

Permissions Tab

On this tab, you can assign a User or User Group permissions for selected function.

Before Script Tab

Whatever you write here, it will be generated after the function definition.

After Script Tab

Whatever you write here, it will be generated before the function definition.

Notes Tab

Tab for notes on particular function.

Example: The Function Properties dialog | SQL tab (Oracle 10g)

Defaults

Toad Data Modeler allows you to design Entity Relationship Diagrams of specific database platforms, convert physical model from one database platform to another, create an ER Diagram directly from your database (Reverse Engineering feature), update physical models, generate DDL/SQL scripts and Change Scripts, create Dictionary Types, Views, Triggers, Functions, generate detailed documentation to your model (in HTML, RTF, PDF, XSLT formats) and much more.

This chapter describes features and functions related to Physical Data Modeling. Look around each section to get the information you need.

Note: See the sample physical model Videorental (Oracle 10g db) that is included in the installation package of Toad Data Modeler. Default location is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Quest Software\Toad Data Modeler7.3\Samples.

Benefits of Physical Data Model

  • Detailed definition of database structure, including database specific items, for example:
    • Stored procedures
    • Functions
    • Triggers
    • Views
    • Materialized views
    • Sequences (auto increments) etc.
  • Possibility to synchronize local model with existing database.
  • Possibility to specify logical names for objects (captions for tables, attributes and other objects).
  • Detailed database specific information can be exported to HTML/RTF/PDF or XML/XHTML/CSV reports.
  • Automatic generation of SQL code for selected objects (SQL code generation is not available in Logical and Universal Model)
  • Automatic migration of PK attributes to child entities (Attributes don't migrate to child entities in Logical Model)

Defaults

To add a default

Select Model | Model Items |Defaults and click Add in the Defaults dialog.

To edit a default

Select Model | Model Items | Defaults and double-click the selected default or click Edit.

Note: You can also edit/rename/delete defaults in Model Explorer | Defaults folder | Right-click the selected default.

Example: The Default Properties dialog (Oracle 10g)

To select a default for attributes

  1. Open the Attribute Properties dialog of the selected attribute | General tab.
  2. From the Default Rule box, select a default or write your own default to the Default box.

Default box versus Default Rule combo-box

Default box - Set a default for particular attribute.

or

Default Rule - Select a default rule from the combo-box or click the button on the right to access the Defaults dialog (also accessible via Model menu | Model Items | Defaults). There, you can define a new default rule. Then, if you want to change the default rule, you can simply change it via the Defaults dialog. The change will automatically apply in all attributes with this default rule.

Note: You can define defaults for domains too.

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