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Read Me Last Updated: April 4, 2013. Any updates to these Read Me notes will be available at docs.embarcadero.com.


Thank you for using Embarcadero ER/Studio Developer Edition (DE), the award-winning data modeling application for logical and physical database design and construction. ER/Studio's powerful, multi-level design environment addresses the everyday needs of database administrators, developers and data architects who build and maintain large, complex database applications.

ER/Studio DE's progressive interface and processes have been logically organized to effectively address the ease-of-use issues that have plagued data modeling tools for the past decade. The application facilitates your ability to create, understand and manage the mission-critical database designs within an enterprise. It offers strong logical design capabilities, bidirectional synchronization of logical and physical designs, automatic database construction, accurate reverse engineering of databases, and powerful HTML-based documentation and reporting facilities.

The Developer Edition of ER/Studio Data Architect provides the user with all the standard functionality of ER/Studio except for the following limitations:

Before you use ER/Studio DE, please read the information below.

WHAT'S NEW IN ER/STUDIO DA 9.5

Release Notes

Important Installation Notes

Known Issues

Bug Fixes

What's New in ER/Studio DA 9.5

The following sections provide a brief overview of the major features of ER/Studio Data Architect 9.5. You can find more in-depth information in the New Features Guide and in the Users Guide.

General Updates


Graphics Improvements.

You can now select multiple objects (entities, views, and shapes) and apply a layout command. All relationships, view relationships or lines that belong to the selected objects will be affected by the layout. You can use existing layout commands from the menu and toolbar. If you want to layout the entire submodel, no objects should be selected. For more information, see Partial Layout.

Custom Datatypes

Using the Datatype Mapping Editor, you can now create your own custom datatypes. For more information, see Custom Datatypes.

Universal Naming Utility

From the Search Results window, you can now double-click an entry to gain access to the editor for the selected object editors.

Universal Mappings

Mappings you create for Tables, Attributes, Views and Shapes are now automatically matched when comparing and merging models. In addition, mapping you force in the Compare and Merge Utility can be saved in the target model for use in future compare/merge operations. You can see and edit the mappings you create on the Where Used tab of the object.

New Platform Versions


This release enhances support of the following database platform through additional version support:

New Operating Systems


ER/Studio Data Architect now supports this Operating System:

New DBMS Features


DB2 LUW 9.x

TIMESTAMP datatypes now support generated by default option.

Oracle 10g and 11g

Capacity planning of tables can now be based on the average row size.

Release Notes

Important Installation Notes


Known Issues


ERS-21891 Partial Layout improperly affects edges that are not between selected nodes.
ERS-22022 Universal Mappings between objects in the same file do not show up properly in Where Used.
ERS-22037 UNIVERSAL_MAPPINGS:Universal Mappings aren't displayed properly in Where Used when matching objects in the same dm1 file.
ERS-22061 Cannot launch ER/Studio DA 9.5 after uninstalling ER/Studio DA 9.1.4. The workaround is to perform a repair install.
ERS-22202COMPARE_MERGE: GENERATED BY DEFAULT option does not work correctly in logical to physical compare.
ERS-22206Unmatching objects in the Compare Wizard does not automatically delete mappings between the objects.
ERS-22230UNIVERSAL_MAPPINGS: Problems with Universal Mappings in View Editor Where Used tab.

Bug Fixes


Bugs Fixed in ER/Studio DA 9.5
ERS-16901 When you enter Grid Steps Per Line you now see the specified cell per sub grid.
ERS-17597The Compare and Merge utility no longer drops Stored Procedures as if they were Triggers.
ERS-18942New Domains are now created properly if user doesn't have Update Dictionary Object privileges.
ERS-19083Formatting of the Table Summary page generated by the Reporting tool has been improved.
ERS-19293 TS: Alter script generated by the Compare/Merge Utility will not run as generated
ERS-19310Submodel Attachment Synchronization now works across .dm1 files.
ERS-19658 TS: DATA_SECURITY - Disable arrow keys when a Security Type is selected.
ERS-20026Changing the table name within DDL tab page is now effortless.
ERS-20086When moving attributes while the entities are checked in you are prompted to check out the entities before you can complete the move.
ERS-20389The automation interface property, DataMovementRuleLink object now returns overriden text using the read/write ValueOverride property and the read only ValueCurrent property. You can also use the ValueOverride property to change the data movement rule.
ERS-20396When a relationship is moved, the verb phrases now maintain their relative position to the relationship line.
ERS-20513The options to reverse-engineer View and Other Dependencies are now saved in Quicklaunch files.
ERS-20547When comparing a PDM from the tool with a database, the Compare/Merge tool now compares the tablespace of a HASH Partitioned PK index.
ERS-20585 TS: SQL_IMPORT: Import SQL fails to handle "CREATE OR REPLACE" and "REPLACE" statements.
ERS-20670 TS: COMPARE_MERGE: Phantom columns added to table after merge
ERS-20843On the Oracle platform, the constraint name generated is now no longer than 30 characters.
ERS-20854The Index is now recreated when column part of the index is changed using the Compare/Merge utility.
ERS-20999You can now select and modify a relationship placed on a shape.
ERS-21058On the DB2 LUW platform, the Generate By Default option is now available for TIMESTAMP columns. DB2 LUW.
ERS-21071On the Oracle 10g platform, function-based indexes now longer show up as being different between PDM and database is there is no differences.
ERS-21072On the SQL Server 2008 platform, the Identity Property options are now included when generating a Physical Model.
ERS-21705 TS: AI - Submodel scroll and zoom API properties do not function correctly or at all
ERS-21084 Convert Case Name macro is now working as expected.
ERS-21094 TS: Named Release General Info discrepancy
ERS-21100The clustered property is now ignored if the platform doesn't support clustered indexes.
ERS-21124When running ER/Studio as a restricted user, there are no longer problems with upgrading models from earlier versions of ER/Studio DA to more recent versions. The memory leak that caused the problem has been fixed.
ERS-21126Attributes are no longer removed from entities after canceling a checkout during a drag and drop operation.
ERS-21131Refresh now updates macros renamed or added from the file system folder.
ERS-21156Incorrect error no longer displays when editing recursive relationship where attributes are shared in compound primary key. Only one key needs to be rolenamed.
ERS-21185 Changing relationship layout from straight to elbowed no longer causes all verb phrase positions to be reset.
ERS-21237 If you try to create in submodel a previous deleted cluster between supertype and subtype, the appropriate message is displayed, "This entity is already a subtype of the selected parent entity". Otherwise, the appropriate message, "This entity is already a member of another subtype cluster" displays.
ERS-21250Rolldowns on non-identifying relationships no longer propagate parent PKs to child PKs.
ERS-21252Propagated keys from "Physical Only" relationships no longer show up in Compare and Merge."
ERS-21263 TS: COMPARE - Merging relationships does not include column rolename details.
ERS-21266HTML Report now displays the Constraint Name in the correct location within the diagram image.
ERS-21270 TS: Get Named Release performance is slow when there are a large number of named releases for a diagram.
ERS-21284The automation interface property, DataMovementRuleLink object now returns overriden text using the read/write ValueOverride property and the read only ValueCurrent property. You can also use the ValueOverride property to change the data movement rule.
ERS-21287The "Attribute name" field now has the "Logical Rolename" information for non-keys columns when PM is generated with the "Make Native" option checked and parent entity set as "Logical only."
ERS-21330 Drawing Transformation and Data Stream objects is no longer slow with multiple connected sources.
ERS-21357 TS: Problem parsing view with USING
ERS-21371 TS: COMPARE - Error comparing SYS.XMLTYPE datatypes.
ERS-21405When checking in a model after modifying a view, a "_1" suffix is no longer added to Views with same name but different schema."
ERS-21462 TS: Oracle Synonym Wizard does not have enough space to see the full object name.
ERS-21488Column name and rolename are now set properly after a merge.
ERS-21497 TS: PROC_PARSE: Syntax error in stored procedure containing keyword 'sparse'
ERS-21611Setting a new attribute or column name using Attribute.AttributeName or Attribute.ColumnName now perform correctly if the name only differs by case. The Convert Name Case macro now works as expected.
ERS-21618 TS: OBJECT_TYPE: Syntax error near "'@someVariableName'" returned on the type validation
ERS-21637 TS: VIEWS - Support for the UNIPIVOT function within Views.
ERS-21659 TS REVERSE-ENGINEER: Sybase Connection is refused when having the ocs.cfg file
ERS-21645Changes in General tab of the Naming Standards Template Editor are no longer overwritten when upgrading to the ER/Studio Data Architect 9.x..
ERS-21681Extra 'r' character is no longer appended to AS in the View validation.
ERS-21728Relationship lines are no longer hidden during image copy and paste when in front of shapes,
ERS-21729 TS: ER/Studio crashing after macro execution
ERS-21733Images copied to the clipboard now preserve their shadows, subtype connections, and subtype arrow graphics when pasted into other applications.
ERS-21734 TS: Subtypes no longer display correctly - lines do not meet shape
ERS-21906 TS: Ability to specify a float type without having to specifying the width.
ERS-21915You can now specify the COMPRESS property for TIMEZONE and VARCHAR columns.
ERS-21922 TS: INDEX_EDITOR: Should enforce index name uniqueness at the table level instead of the model level for Teradata
ERS-21924 TS: MODEL_OPTIONS: Crash changing model options when focus is on a submodel
ERS-21928Compare/Merge operartion involving denormalizations no longer cause an application crash.
ERS-22062 TS: Reverse Engineer - MySQL table name starting with number fails.
ERS-22080 TS: COMPARE_WIZARD: Problem matching security objects when comparing models
ERS-22141 TS: DDL_GEN: The order of foreign key columns is wrong, referencing wrong columns.