Chapter 15 DBMS-Specific Features

Working with PowerDesigner's DBMS-Specific Features

This chapter provides information on some of the more important DBMS-specific features in PowerDesigner

PowerDesigner resource files

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:

• Assignment of standard objects to the specific syntax of a DBMS
• Definition of Extended Attributes for certain objects to allow for DBMS-specific object properties
• Definition of additional DBMS-specific 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 Advanced User Documentation :

• Resource Editor Reference Guide
• DBMS Reference Guide
• Managing Profiles

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