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Schema Design

AI database schema design tool

Describe your application in plain English and OffDataAI designs the database schema — tables, columns, keys, and constraints — then generates native DDL and an ERD. Design a normalized 3NF schema, or a warehouse model, without hand-writing SQL.

schema/app.sqlpostgresql · ddl
CREATE TABLE app.users (
  id            BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
  email         TEXT        NOT NULL UNIQUE,
  display_name  TEXT        NOT NULL,
  created_at    TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now()
);

CREATE TABLE app.projects (
  id            BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY,
  owner_id      BIGINT      NOT NULL REFERENCES app.users (id),
  name          TEXT        NOT NULL,
  status        TEXT        NOT NULL DEFAULT 'active'
                            CHECK (status IN ('active','archived')),
  settings      JSONB       NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb,
  created_at    TIMESTAMPTZ NOT NULL DEFAULT now(),
  UNIQUE (owner_id, name)
);

CREATE INDEX idx_projects_owner ON app.projects (owner_id);

Designing a database schema by hand means juggling normalization, keys, types, and constraints before you've written a line of application code. OffDataAI does the design for you. Describe what your app stores and how the pieces relate; the interview agent clarifies cardinality and ownership, and OffDataAI generates a validated relational schema with primary keys, foreign keys, unique and CHECK constraints, and correct types. It emits native DDL for PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Redshift, Synapse, and Fabric — plus an ERD to review and a versioned model you can evolve with migration SQL.

What OffDataAI generates

  • Normalized by design

    Generate a clean 3NF relational schema — entities separated into their own tables, redundancy removed, foreign keys wired up and validated.

  • Keys, types, and constraints

    Primary and foreign keys, UNIQUE, NOT NULL, and CHECK constraints, and platform-appropriate types like Postgres JSONB and identity columns.

  • DDL plus an ERD

    Get runnable DDL and an entity-relationship diagram from the same model, so the picture always matches the database.

  • Import and redesign

    Connect an existing Postgres database, introspect its schema, and refine it — then regenerate clean DDL, docs, and an ERD.

Frequently asked questions

How do I design a database schema with OffDataAI?
Describe your application or business domain in plain English — the entities, what they store, and how they relate. OffDataAI asks targeted follow-up questions, then generates a normalized relational schema with tables, columns, data types, primary keys, foreign keys, and constraints, plus the DDL to create it and an ERD to review it.
Does it normalize the schema?
Yes. Choose the 3NF (Third Normal Form) paradigm and OffDataAI produces a normalized relational schema — eliminating redundancy, separating entities into their own tables, and wiring up foreign keys. If you're building an analytics warehouse instead, you can pick Kimball or Data Vault.
What does the generated DDL include?
Tables with correctly-typed columns, primary keys, foreign keys, NOT NULL and CHECK constraints, and platform-appropriate features (for example JSONB and declarative partitioning on Postgres). The schema is validated for referential integrity before any DDL is emitted.
Which databases does it support?
PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, Databricks, Amazon Redshift, Microsoft Synapse, and Microsoft Fabric. The same model compiles to each one's native DDL, so you can design once and target the database you actually use.
Can I import and redesign an existing database?
Yes. Connect a Postgres database and OffDataAI introspects the live schema — tables, columns, primary keys, foreign keys — and seeds an editable model. You can then refine it and regenerate clean DDL, an ERD, and docs from what you already have.

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