I'm offended by the tone of this article, the phrases, and the conclusions.

...and I almost never get offended.  I'm not religious, gay or uptight.  Heck, I'm nearly an atheist, but...

I don't believe everyone inflates their resume.  I don't.

I spent almost 2 years interviewing "DBAs" for a senior DBA position.  This was for SQL Server and MSDE 2000, supporting 1,800 servers.  I was appalled by the lack of knowledge of...

In ER/Studio 6.6, you can FILE/EXPORT IMAGE  or, even better, just SELECT ALL, then copy and paste the diagram into MS Word or any other application capable of accepting graphics.

In...

I have to disagree with the complexity statement about Embarcadero ER/Studio, as well as the implication that ER/Studio was acquired.  It was not, it was developed by Embarcadero and continues...

...and just to add....

You need to ensure you are in the Physical model of the ERwin file to generate the database. 

Finally, the movies.er1 data model is a terrible model if...

ER/Studio can't do this natively, but there are macros on their website for doing just this.

http://www.embarcadero.com/resources/ermacros.html

Well, that is a tough timeline.

The good news about upsizing with a tool on the data side is that you can have something up and testable very quickly.

I'd think that...

A persons SSN makes a great natural key

Opps.  Gotta question that.

SSNs can't be great natural keys.  They are not mandatory (even for Americans), they are not unique, and they are...

Terri, you've hit on one of the primary benefits of using triggers.  The closer any data manipulation is to the data, the less risk that it will be manipulated incorrectly. ...

Chad -

While I realize that the posting about basics may feel like a personal attack (and maybe could have been phrased a bit softer), there is a real grain of...