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Suggestions and Requests / Class/Table Preview

« on: November 26, 2007, 10:05:44 am »

Hello,

I don't know if it exists, but it would be nice to see an option called "Preview Element" or something like that, which would open up a new window with a generated table script or code segment.

So again, you could right-click a table, select Preview Element, and it pops up a window, using the specified database in the table, with the generated script for that table.  This could also be done for classes.

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Issue with Foreign Keys

« on: December 28, 2007, 10:45:57 am »

A correction: when double-clicking the foreign key in the data model, rename, and save, it does seem to be updating the project browser...

But when double-clicking a relationship in the project browser, or by right-clicking the table and selecting operations, and changing the name this way, it doesn't take.

But the weird thing is it seems to be one step behind of the changes, and certain interactions I'm doing does update it.  For instance, I change a name from PK_A to PK_AAA in the data model, and it works.  I change it from PK_AAA to PK_B, it doesn't work (still shows PK_AAA).

But something I'm doing is causing it to work because it eventually shows PK_B, but I'll change it to something else in the project browser and it still shows PK_B. I can't explain exactly what is happening, but it's definitely a bug...

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Issue with Foreign Keys

« on: December 28, 2007, 10:40:27 am »

Hello,

The other issue I'm experiencing is that I rename a foreign key in the Operations editor popup window but it doesn't rename it in the treeview.  It still has the old name in the project browser.

Closing/reopening fixes this, but it would be nice if that did work.  And, when I click on the old name, it does show the new name in the operations editor, but still has the old name in the project browser.

Thanks.

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General Board / Issue with Foreign Keys

« on: December 19, 2007, 07:06:42 am »

Hello,

I'm using EA 6.5, and I get this situation now and then when I'm using foreign keys:

I create an association between tables, and I'll then select the foreign key dialog and create the key by selecting the key field in both tables.

For some reason, later I get a situation where it drops the key field on one side of the relationship, but it exists on the other side.  I try reselecting both fields and click save.  It ignores this action.  I try deleting the field on the one side from the relationship, no action.

The only thing that works is deleting the relationship and redrawing it.  But I can't just delete the connector.  I have to delete the connector, then delete the relationship in the table.

Is there an easier way to fix this issue?  And, why does this happen?  I didn't rename any fields, but I know I did rename the table.  And, it doesn't happen for every relationship in the table I rename...

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Ordering

« on: December 28, 2007, 10:37:35 am »

Hello,

Yes, that's it!  I right-click the Data Model package and it's sorting again.  Thank you very much!

Brian

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General Board / Re: Ordering

« on: December 19, 2007, 07:08:59 am »

Hello,

I didn't try dragging/dropping, but I'm sure that would work fine.  Up/Down works fine as well, which is helpful.  But, there is no option to default sorting???

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Ordering

« on: December 14, 2007, 11:39:28 am »

Hello,

Tools > Options > General > Check Allow Free Sorting.  I added a table called S, and it puts it at the top of the list.  I turn it off and see maybe it was a bug or something, but still at the top of the list.

Anything else?

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Ordering

« on: December 14, 2007, 06:06:14 am »

Hello,

In the project browser, when I drag/drop tables into the model, it puts the table near the top of the project browser, no matter what the name is.  It isn't ordering the table names.  I don't remember if I mentioned this before, but I'm using 6.5.

Thanks.

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General Board / Ordering

« on: December 07, 2007, 05:56:04 am »

Hello,

I'm using EA 6.5, and I'm noticing that as I'm creating tables, it's not keeping them in alphabetical order as it once was, which is nice.  Is there any way to force that to happen?

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: X::Y notation for table?

« on: December 14, 2007, 11:36:28 am »

It was already off.  I don't understand what happened.  Also, note that it is missing in the Project Browser.

It turns out that I must have accidentially dragged it underneath the other table (as a child), so it created a hierarchy that way.  Don't know how I did that, but when I dragged it back to the root, it worked.

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General Board / X::Y notation for table?

« on: December 14, 2007, 06:08:14 am »

Hello,

I don't know how I did it, but I was modelling tables X and Y, which have a relationship.  But the name for the table X is now Y::X, which I assume is like an inheritance thing, or something... How do I remove that, because it's table X.

Brian

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General Board / Auto-Arrange of Diagrams

« on: November 20, 2007, 09:49:45 am »

Hello,

Is there the ability to auto-arrange a diagram within Enterprise Architect?  I have a huge database diagram, and it would be helpful to be able to auto-arrange it into a more meaningful layout.

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Copying Column Names

« on: December 07, 2007, 05:55:11 am »

Thanks all for the help.  By the way, I'm using EA 6.5.  Somehow, I created a template using Settings > Template Package, and selecting Data Model (the package I named my data model; pretty inventive  ).  It took a  template from a table (I'm guessing the table that was selected at the time) and used that?

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General Board / Copying Column Names

« on: November 26, 2007, 10:03:26 am »

Hello,

When creating a data model, I was entering the same 4 columns over and over again (auditing fields).  Could I have entered it once, and copied it to the rest of the tables?  Is there an easier way to do that?

Thanks.

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General Board / Re: Defaulting Class/Database Values

« on: November 21, 2007, 05:46:34 am »

Hello,

I opened EABase.eap, but it doesn't have any models in it.  How do I change the default database?

Thanks.