Generate Database Schema Options

Use the Generate Database Schema dialog to generate the schema to the target DBMS.

To generate the database schema

  1. On the Actions tab, click Schema.

    The Forward Engineer Schema Generation Wizard opens.

  2. Click Generate.

    The Generate Database Schema dialog box opens.

  3. The schema DDL script generated for the current model is displayed. Use the following options:
    Stop If Failure

    Select this check box to pause execution of the DDL script each time a problem occurs. Clear this check box to continue processing the DDL script without pausing.

    Abort

    Cancels the schema generation process.

    Continue

    Continues the schema generation process.

    Pause

    Temporarily pauses the schema generation process.

    Save

    Opens the Schema Execution Report dialog to save the schema DDL script as a .ers or .sql text file. After you save the file, you can change it in a text editor and run it against the database using a utility that interprets SQL scripts.

    Print

    Prints a copy of the schema DDL script.

    Find

    Opens the Find dialog to search for a text string.

    Cut

    Cuts the text.

    Copy

    Copies the text.

    Paste

    Pastes the text.