The DBI module enables your Perl applications to access multiple database types transparently. You can connect to a large number of databases, including MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, Informix, Sybase, ODBC
... [More] etc. without having to know the different underlying interfaces of each. The API defined by DBI will work on all these database types and many more. [Less]
SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool that analyzes the metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a browser-displayable format.
It lets you click through the
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The browsing through relationships can occur though HTML links and/or though the graphical representation of the relationships.
It's also designed to help resolve the obtuse errors that a database sometimes gives related to failures due to constraints. [Less]