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USING ER/STUDIO > DEVELOPING THE PHYSICAL MODEL
Notes
• You can choose to launch your preferred SQL editor when editing functions and procedures. Using the Tools tab
of the Options Editor, you can enter the name and location of the SQL editor that will launch and manage the SQL
ER/Studio outputs. Click Tools > Options > Tools > ISQL Path.
• For all new models you can choose:
• To display the schema object description or its associated symbol; click Tools > Options > Display and then
select the desired display mode.
• To hide invalid schema objects; click Tools > Options > Schema Objects and then select Hide Invalid Schema
Object Bitmap.
• For the current data model, you can choose:
• To display the schema objects or objects relationships, and object definition or object symbol; click View >
Diagram And Object Display Options > Schema Object and then select the desired display options.
• What to display when you mouse over a schema object; click Tools > Options > Diagram > Schema Object
Display and choose to display the object description or its associated DDL.
• For physical models, you can enter SQL to be applied before and after the CREATE OBJECT clause in the
CREATE TABLE statement. Click Model > Model Properties > PreSQL & Post SQL.
• The sample physical model for SQL Server 200 in Northwindl.dm1 provides some good examples of how SQL
procedures can be used.
Import an SQL Procedure
1 In the Data Model Explorer, expand the Physical Main Model, right-click the Procedures node, and then click
New Procedure.
2 On the Description tab, click Import and then type, or browse to and then select the name of SQL procedure file
you want to import.
3 Complete the Procedure SQL Editor and then click OK to create the procedure.
Export an SQL Procedure
1 In the Data Model Explorer, expand the Physical Main Model, right-click the Procedures node, and then click
New Procedure.
2 On the Description tab, click Export and then type, or browse to and then select the name of the SQL procedure
file name where you want to save the SQL procedure.
3 Complete the Procedure SQL Editor and then click OK to create the procedure.
Creating and Editing Triggers
Triggers are code objects associated with a table that automatically execute when the table is modified by an SQL
INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. Triggers can contain complex SQL statements, such as those required to
query other tables, but cannot accept parameters or arguments, and cannot perform commit or rollback operations.
They are also subject to coding errors like every other script or application.
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