ER diagrams & triggers

General Questions/Discussions
1

In ER diagrams, I can create an entity, and I can create a trigger. But I can’t seem to associate the two.

Can you show an example or provide an explanation on how to associate the trigger “table1_before_update” with entity “table1”?

2

Hello pCarsten,

Thanks for your message. Currently we do not support associating the entity and trigger visually in diagram. In fact, the trigger shape is mainly for defining the trigger only. Details about using the trigger can be found at

http://oldresources.visual-paradigm.com/vpsuite3.1sp1/support-db-trigger-and-stored-procedure.html

If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me again.

Best regards,
Rain Wong

3

Thanks for the reply. It would be nice to be able to connect triggers and tables, at least visually through e.g. a Generic Connector.

Best,

/ Carsten

4

Hi pCarsten,

Thanks for your reply. It’s able to connect an entity and a trigger with generic connector in our tool. You can refer to the flash in the following link.
http://files3.visual-paradigm.com/200804/Lilian/movie/generic_connector.htm

If you have any further inquiries, please feel free to contact me.

Best regards,
Lilian Wong

5

Thanks! Works very nicely.

I Could have sworn I’d tried that several times already, but apparently I did something else…

6

Hi pCarsten,

You are welcome. If there are any inquiries in the future, please feel free to contact me again.

Best regards,
Lilian Wong