Reverse engineer a database
This page was created by Alexandra on 2017-04-08. Last edited by Edgar on 2025-01-20.

Reverse engineering is what we call the process that takes a given database and turns it into a model driven “thing”.

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You just need to give a valid connection string to it; in this case a use the MusicStoreDb from a MicrosoftSample:

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You start by Analyzing the database:

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And then you “Go!” – be aware of that this process will empty the package you started from and fill it with the stuff from the reverse engineer process:

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Giving us this in the modlr tree:

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And I will drag these classes out on a diagram to get this:

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