SQLyog is an easy-to-use, compact and very fast graphical tool to manage your MySQL database anywhere in the world. There are a number of features designed to help you speed up your database development.

Top tools include:

• Shortcuts to quickly generate SQL statements and paste object names
• Learn MySQL by looking at the SQL generated by SQLyog
• Multi-tab query editor and result-set editor
• Multiple Query Execution
• Multi-threaded query execution with option to stop long running queries
• SQL templates
• Excel-style grid interface to view/update resultsets
• Multi-format blob editor
• View data in grid/text mode
• Support for all MySQL table handlers

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If you're programming in multiple SQL databases, then you need to know that the environment you are using can handle everything you need.

SqlDbx is a fast and powerful SQL database SQL for network administrators, webmasters and database developers who work in several different Database Server environments. The program has been designed with an eye on making sure that the interface is intuitive and easy to navigate and organise to maximize your productivity. It carries out all the major functions that you expect from an SQL database such as running queries, executing scripts and browsing database objects without having to leave the main editor window. Surprisingly for a package of it's kind, it doesn't even require any installation so there's no worries about the program installing or modifying anything on the user's computer. Probably the stand out feature for most database administrators will however be the Advanced Script Editor which highlights syntax errors clearly, autocompletes lines and code and also supports drag and dropping

With a range of administrative views and no file modifications to worry about, this ultra light SQL database package packs a huge punch.

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phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement, manage keys on fields, manage privileges, export data into various formats and is available in 50 languages.

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Exportizer gives you the ability to view and edit databases with the ability to copy open tables to clipboards or export them to file.

It works via BDE or ADO (ODBC) with DB, DBF, TXT, CSV and some other file types. It supports text, CSV, HTML, XML, XLS and RTF destination formats. You've also got the option to export via the program interface or via the command line. There are also possibilities to specify the number of database records to be copied into one line - thus, if you specify 3 and database record count is 24, then the database will be copied into 8 lines. There are also several useful functions for data manipulating and bookmarking.

For those that work regularly with tables and formulas and find that Windows clipboard is not sufficient, Exportizer is a quality solution.

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If you've ever been suspicious that your Oracle or MySQL database is not functioning correctly, then one way of verifying it is to test the load capacity. That's exactly what Transaction Generator does by enabling various verification tests. It basically has three main features - testing the performance, detecting bottlenecks in databases and tuning the application. It also features a few other minor tools too.

It works by using JDBC (Java DataBase Connectivity) to connect to the database so it will have to support JDBC to conduct the test. The program generates a load by sending a series of SQL statements to the database server which is registered as a transaction. You can choose two types of interface to control - an interactive command-line interface and a GUI based interface which is called TGC (TG Controller). I recommend the latter because if you're not familiar with databases, the command line will confuse you completely.

This is certainly useful if you have issues with your database load although be warned that if you don't know basics about Oracle or MySQL databases, you could end up quite lost as it's quite technical and the instructions are sketchy.

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FileAmigo LE is an interesting solution for creating all kinds of databases without having prior knowledge in the use of specialized tools such as MS Access or languages like MySQL. With FileAmigo, you can create a database simply by selecting one of the templates available and assigning it a name. You do not need to schedule lines of code, define variables, or even know the functions of the program.

Once your database created, FileAmigo LE lets you add as many records as necessary, sort by various fields, launch searches, link to elements through hyperlinks. You can also create new templates and modify existing print listings. You can also keep the whole team up to date with file sharing, using FileAmigo Pro and FileAmigo Web so that your colleagues can help to keep information up to date and everyone can access the current data.

For those petrified by MySQL and other databases, this is an easy and effective solution.

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CSVed is an easy and powerful CSV file editor. You can manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator.

The listview is running in virtual mode, that means the data is displayed on demand. (not the entire CSV file is loaded in the listview) so CSVed can handle big files and is very fast.

In other words, you can do everything with a CSV file you wanted.

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Firebird is a relational database offering many ANSI SQL standard features that runs on Linux, Windows, and a variety of Unix platforms. Firebird offers excellent concurrency, high performance, and powerful language support for stored procedures and triggers. It has been used in production systems, under a variety of names since 1981.

Firebird is a commercially independent project of C and C++ programmers, technical advisors and supporters developing and enhancing a multi-platform relational database management system based on the source code released by Inprise Corp (now known as Borland Software Corp) on 25 July, 2000 under the InterBase Public License v.1.0.

Firebird is completely free of any registration, licensing or deployment fees. It may be deployed freely for use with any third-party software, whether commercial or not.

New code modules added to Firebird are licensed under the Initial Developer's Public License. (IDPL). The original modules released by Inprise are licensed under the InterBase Public License v.1.0. Both licences are modified versions of the Mozilla Public License v.1.1.

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DbVisualizer is a cross platform database tool that aims to increases user productivity by providing a single solution to speed development, testing and administration of relational databases.

For develpers, it offers a range of tools to assist database development and perform tasks such as object browsing, creating, running SQL statements and SQL scripts plus viewing and editing data. It's pretty powerful as it supports all major commercial databases including Oracle, DB2, Mimer, SQL Server, Sybase ASE, Informix and open source alternatives such as MySQL, PostgreSQL and JavaDB/Derby.

Most recently, it's been updated to include a Table Data Navigator which allows you to navigate foreign keys based on data selections. This is useful when browsing normalized tables with keys to other tables. It also supports visual creation and the editing of table definitions including columns, indexes, primary, foreign keys, constraints and non standard features specifically for the supported databases.

If you need something that supports multiple databases in one package, you can't go far wrong with DbVisualizer but it's severely lacking in instructional information to guide you through the database management process.

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Creating databases and management software is not something that I used to relish, but these days the number of solution that make the job easier means I can build strong relational databases within a sound development environment. Velneo provides a great alternative for the monsterous VB, comprising of an application generator and database engine.

The software gives you the ability to build database-driven applications in a relatively short space of time. The wonder of this program is that it manages to provide a helpful visual interface within a piece of software that takes up very little system resources. It doesn't require any additional web development tools and builds real-time relational databases smoothly and without fuss.

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Quest Software's Toad for MySQL leverages Quest Software's database expertise to empower MySQL developers and administrators, of varying skill levels, to rapidly create and execute queries, automate database object management and develop SQL code more efficiently. Toad for MySQL also provides utilities to compare, extract and search for objects, manage projects, import/export data and administer the database. This database development and administration solution increases your productivity and offers access to a solid community for interactive support.

With Toad, you can use a familiar, proven tool to manage MySQL databases that run on Windows. Quest Software has an established track record for providing management solutions that deliver, manage and control the quality of application and database development. You can rely on Quest to provide you with an intuitive, graphical tool with all the features necessary to enable you to take MySQL to the next level.

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With Quest you can simplify the manual, time-intensive tasks associated with SQL Server design, development, code optimization, performance and availability. Toad for SQL Server leverages the knowledge gained from our past experience with database development tools and empowers SQL Server developers and administrators of varying skill levels to rapidly create and execute queries, automate database object management and write, debug, and tune T-SQL code more efficiently. Quest offers interactive community support from both peers and industry experts through online discussion groups, the Quest Pipelines Web site and newsletters, and events designed especially for the Toad for SQL Server community of users.

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Without any programming skills you can create web access to your database. You can build forms and display graphs with very little effort. The Dataceptor can pull information from almost any ODBC compliant database and show the data on the web. This will enable you to quickly create Intranet, Extranet or Internet applications based on data that you already have. Some of the supported databases are Navision, Navision Classic, Dynamics, Axapta, Great Plains, Sage, C5, MySQL, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Access.

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DBDesigner 4 is a visual database design system that integrates database design, modeling, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment. It combines professional features and a clear and simple user interface to offer the most efficient way to handle your databases.

Features:

• Design Mode / Query Mode
• Reverse engineering MySQL, Oracle, MSSQL and any ODBC databases
• Userdefined schema-generation
• Model-To-Database syncronisation
• Index support
• Automatic foreign key placement
• Weak entity support
• Standard Inserts storing and sync
• Full documentation capabilities
• Advanced model printing
• Output as image
• All MySQL datatypes with all options
• User defined datatypes
• Database storage, ability to save model within database
• Network-/Multiuser access through database storage
• Version control*
• SQL Query Builder
• SQL Command History
• SQL Command storage within model
• Plugin interface

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MySQL Administrator is a powerful visual administration console that enables you to easily administer your MySQL environment and gain significantly better visibility into how your databases are operating. MySQL Administrator now integrates database management and maintenance into a single, seamless environment, complete with a clear and intuitive graphical user interface.

Benefits of the program:

• Achieve higher database availability through improved management
• Reduce errors through visual database administration
• Lower database administration costs through improved productivity
• Deliver a more secure environment through easier privilege management

User administration in minutes

Administering users, granting privileges and viewing user privilege information has never been easier. Now you can leverage the full power of MySQL's user management and privilege capabilities to fully protect your MySQL server host using an integrated graphical user administration console. For example, a form-based interface provides a simple method for adding users, assigning passwords and including user profile information.

Single view dynamic health monitoring

Dynamic health monitoring gives you an immediate view into the key indicators of the health of your MySQL environment. Dynamic graphs enable you to easily view percentage of memory usage, connection usage, hit rates, as well as the number of SQL queries on an ongoing basis, as your system runs. The Disk Health tab gives you an overview of the amount of hard disk space, tablespace, and log files being used.

Quickly optimize MySQL

MySQL Administrator allows you to easily view and set up key parameters so you can quickly optimize the performance of MySQL. Using a graphical forms-based environment, you quickly fine-tune general and advanced parameters. For example you can set memory usage parameters and configure server start-up parameters related to the MyISAM and InnoDB table types.

Rapid disaster prevention and recovery

You can rapidly create consistent backups and restore data by simply visually selecting the schemas and tables you want to back-up/restore from your hierarchical data directory. The graphical environment gives you additional visibility into Tabletype, Rows, Data Length, and Update time.

Server information at-a-glance

The server information section of MySQL Administrator allows you to quickly view basic information about the server and client. This view gives you immediate visibility into items such as server status, client and server version numbers and IP address, as well as connection information.

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The unique features of Active SQL Query Builder such as the ability to build queries with unions and subqueries make it the best solution for professional developers. Each union and sub-query has its own working area where it could be built visually as easy a single query. The interface of Active SQL Query Builder for Delphi is similar to either MS-Access or SQL Server visual query construction interface, but is much more powerful compared to other similar components. Active SQL Query Builder allows you to tune all parameters of each single part of a query with the dialog window.

Working with Active SQL Query builder you can access each union and subquery in one-touch; complex queries can be navigated easily with the tree pane. Columns pane allows you to define grouping, sorting, and constructing criteria in a simple and direct way. Active SQL Query Builder supports all MySQL extensions, such as the Limit clause that limits the number of rows, the SELECT INTO OUTFILE/DUMPFILE forms, query options, locking definitions, subqueries for MySQL server version starting from 4.1.

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CodeUtility Universal SQL Query Tool is a powerful, multi-platform FREE query tool designed to enable users to connect to and manage virtually any database easily and reliably. Runs on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000 and XP, MAC, Linux, HP-UX, AIX and Solaris as well as any JAVA enabled UNIX platform.

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Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.8 SP1 contains core Data Access components such as the Microsoft SQL Server OLE DB provider and ODBC driver. This redistributable installer for the MDAC 2.8 SP1 release installs the same Data Access components as Microsoft Windows XP SP2. The release does not include Microsoft Jet, the Microsoft Jet OLE DB Provider or ODBC driver, the Desktop Database ODBC Drivers, or the Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver.

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SQL Server 2005 Express Edition is the latest version of Microsoft´s powerful and reliable data management product. It delivers rich features, data protection, and performance for embedded application clients, light Web applications, and local data stores.

Designed for easy deployment and rapid prototyping, SQL Server Express is available at no cost, and you are free to redistribute it with applications. Because it is part of the Microsoft Windows Server System, SQL Server Express is designed to integrate seamlessly with your other server infrastructure investments.

Core features of the latest version:

Quick set-up

Simplified administration

Seamless integration with Visual Studio Express Editions

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