Database Design Blog

Practical guides for converting SQL DDL into diagrams, documenting relational schemas, and improving database design reviews.

E-commerce Database Schema ER Diagram Example

A practical schema walkthrough for users, products, categories, orders, line items, and payments.

Foreign Key Relationship Guide for ER Diagrams

Learn how to infer one-to-many, one-to-one, many-to-many, optional, and self-referencing relationships from SQL DDL.

How to Convert SQL to ER Diagram

A step-by-step guide to turning CREATE TABLE statements into clear entity-relationship diagrams.

Database Design Best Practices

Normalization, keys, naming, indexing, and schema review practices for scalable relational databases.

MySQL CREATE TABLE Syntax Reference

A practical reference for MySQL table definitions, constraints, keys, and schema examples.

PlantUML vs Mermaid for ER Diagrams

A comparison of two text-based diagram formats for database documentation workflows.