I recently stumbled upon tedia2sql by Tim Ellis et al. It "[..] allows you to create a database ERD in Dia (using the UML shape toolset), then to convert that ERD into a SQL DDL script for multiple databases." Basically it's a giant GPL'ed Perl script. I'm very excited that both Dia and tedia2sql are GPL open-source, and further delighted that it supports a multitude of database engines, including MySQL, PostgresQL, Oracle, DB2, Ingres and SAS. Then, I noticed

• The last version (1.2.12) of tedia2sql is more than 3 years old, which left me to speculate whether it's still maintained.
• There are bugs not acted upon, e.g. here (bugs.debian.org).
• There's no test suite.
• The mailing list shows no indication of further development, in fact, the author himself writes in this post:

  As much hard work as we've all put into this project, we must admit tedia2sql was just a hack, and a day like this was inevitable. Thanks to everyone who used/supported/wrote tedia2sql, and let's hope it really can die soon. :)

I noticed 2 alternative ERD to DDL tools on the mailing list above:

• druid
• dbdesigner4

What's your view on tedia2sql? How does it compare to the alternatives?

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