Create EER Model from an existing DB but with the relations done - Workbench

Question

I\'m trying to import an existing DB to mysqlq Workbench. I can do this. It\'s works perfectly. However the process just import the tables without relations between them.

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Answer 1

Relationships are the visual expression of foreign keys. If your DB tables use foreign keys (actually: a storage engine supporting foreign keys) then they are automatically shown in the diagram. It should be clear that this condition is only true for the InnoDB storage engine.