database schema visualization tools?

[Christopher Browne]

On 9/7/06, Aaron Vegh <aaronvegh-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Hi there,
> I'm looking for an open source package that will allow me to visualize
> tables in a relational database (mysql in this case, but the database
> itself is irrelevant). A tool that lets me enter database table names
> and column names, and then either draw or otherwise indicate
> relationships between the fields. The result would be a visual schema
> showing the tables with lines connecting them together.
>
> Does anything like this exist?

DIA has been used for this...

There's a package called postgresql_autodoc which transforms DB
schemas into diagrams in several formats.  It's really quite
DB-specific, but it might be possible to take an analagous approach
with MySQL(tm), perhaps...
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