@drawSQL

Create beautiful database schemas for your relational databases

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drawsql.app
Joined May 2018
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Discussions are live in DrawSQL! Right-click a table → start a thread. The "why is this nullable?" conversation now lives next to the table it's about, not 40 messages deep in Slack. Go be mildly annoying about whoever made that column nullable.
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Little canvas polish: hover a table, group, or sticky note and it picks up a soft outline. Subtle, but you can really feel it especially on a crowded diagram.
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any CREATE TABLE SQL in the URL → instant diagram. no signup. drawsql.app/draw#ddl=
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what if a schema is just a URL? drawsql.app/draw#ddl=CREATE%…
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Replying to @ssmusoke @Akintola_steve
Thanks for the rec, Stephen. Good to hear the UI is earning its keep!
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drawsql.app/draw — paste SQL, get a diagram. No signup.

Draw | DrawSQL

Paste your SQL and instantly get a visual database diagram. MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server. No signup needed, saves locally in your browser.

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"Add user authentication with roles and permissions." ✨4 tables, 12 columns, 6 relationships — on your canvas in seconds. DrawSQL AI is here.
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Plot twist: we're still here. More soon 👀
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Keep your diagrams tidy as they grow 🌱 New visual organisational feature — Table Groups let you cluster related tables into subject areas. Less canvas chaos, more control.
Table groups in DrawSQL, launched

ALT Table groups in DrawSQL, launched

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Replying to @drawSQL @jasontheadams
Good point though it's def not obvious. We used to have drag icons but they were cluttering the limited space there. We'll work something else out :)
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Replying to @drawSQL @jasontheadams
Yup it's possible to reorder (though not obvious). You can drag-drop from any empty space in the left sidebar for that column
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Replying to @jasontheadams
Oh🤦 no wonder we were getting less feedback these few days. Thanks heaps for letting us know!
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I wrote a thing about some ways of dealing with hierarchical content in relational databases👩‍💻 aleksandra.codes/comments-db…

Database model for a hierarchical content

You're probably familiar with multi-level comments sections such as on Reddit, or Hackernews — a user can reply to a post, and the system allows multiple levels of nested replies. I recently needed...

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Replying to @alantucker
Thanks! Back up now - will be checking logs
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Just working on a blogpost and learned that with DrawSQL, you can so easily embed your schemas, and it looks amazing 🔥 that's +100 to motivation to finish this post 😅
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Shipped the Tailwindification (coined by @gonedark) of DrawSQL's diagrams dashboard. Look forward to more organisational features unlocked by this redesigned dashboard 🔓.
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👇Quick update 👇 Adonis v5 support is now shipped! If you're building on the latest @adonisframework preview version, try generating your migrations directly using @drawSQL
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Only v4 for now, Support for the AdonisJS v5 preview release is already in the works, and should be launched next! More info here: announcekit.app/drawsql/chan…
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🔺⃤ New export type - Export your DrawSQL database diagrams to @adonisframework Migrations. Thanks to @AmanVirk1 for kickstarting this and being a great help!
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