DBMS-Specific Features

PowerDesigner provides customized support for a wide range of database families through DBMS-specific resource files.

These files have a .xdb extension, and are located in the "Resource Files\DBMS" directory inside your PowerDesigner installation directory.

Resource files support, among others, three kinds of customization for PowerDesigner model objects:

You can view and edit the resource file for your selected DBMS in the Resource Editor by selecting Database > Edit Current DBMS .

For more information about working with resource files and the Resource File Editor, see the following chapters in the Customizing and Extending PowerDesigner manual:

• IBM DB2 for z/OS (formerly OS/390)
  This section describes features specific to the IBM DB2 for z/OS family of databases.
• IBM DB2 for Common Server
  This section describes features specific to the IBM DB2 for Common Server family of databases.
• Informix SQL
  This section describes features specific to the Informix SQL family of databases.
• Ingres
  This section describes features specific to the Ingres family of databases.
• Interbase
  This section describes features specific to the Interbase family of databases.
• Microsoft Access
  This section describes features specific to the MS Access family of databases.
• Microsoft SQL Server
  This section describes features specific to the Microsoft SQL Server family of databases.
• MySQL
  This section describes features specific to the MySQL family of databases.
• NonStop SQL
  This section describes features specific to the NonStop SQL family of databases.
• Oracle
  This section describes features specific to the Oracle family of databases:
• PostgreSQL
  This section describes features specific to the PostgreSQL family of databases.
• Red Brick Warehouse
  This section describes features specific to the Red Brick Warehouse family of databases.
• Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere
  This section describes features specific to the Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere family of databases
• Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise
  This section describes features specific to the Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise family of databases.
• Sybase IQ
  This section describes features specific to the Sybase IQ family of databases.
• Sybase SQL Anywhere
  This section describes features specific to the Sybase SQL Anywhere family of databases.
• Teradata
  This section describes features specific to the Teradata family of databases.

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Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com