EF7 claims to support lots of providers, but I'm having trouble finding documentation about which ones currently exist. I'm particularly interested in MySQL and Postgres providers.
ATM EF7 still under development, currently it only support SQL Server, SQLLite and Azure Table Storage.
Since the code based still not standardized, when it standarlized MySQL (Oracle) will work on the providers.
Another update for the question, EF7 is starting to support PostgreSQL, Please have a try on this below article.
http://druss.co/2015/04/vnext-use-postgresql-fluent-nhibernate-from-asp-net-5-dnx-on-ubuntu/
I'm familiar with MS SQL server 2008 and I want to switch to an more open minded/source DBMS;
I found out that phpmyadmin is the most widely used tool to manages mySQL databases but I find it very difficult to work with. In SQL server I was used to create tables from the designer (in diagram -> add new table) and only if I needed some extra features I actually modified the table.
Can I do the same thing from phpmyadmin? I really hate that every time I create a new table to be asked how many rows it will have and there are plenty of options displayed even if I do not use them.
So any alternatives???
P.S. mySQL workbench seems the right tool for me but I think you are not able to create tables from the designer only to edit existing tables. (Correct me if I'm wrong)
You can create table in MySQL workbench using designer interface, If you are looking for alternatives try HeidiSQL or SQLYOG, for more options visit this.
you can create table visually using workbench.
Check out this article
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/databases/visual-database-creation-with-mysql-workbench/
I recommend Chive for a simple web based solution
Try Webdbadmin.
http://www.webdbadmin.com is what I recommend you.
Works like a desktop app, but it's web-based.
I need help in setting up dbdeploy for my SQL Server database and MySQL Server.
The example in the dbdeploy website does not tell me how to set the drivers for SQL Server and MySQL. Am a bit lost.
Sample scripts will be appreciated.
Thanks
As part of some ReadyRoll market research we commissioned a poll in the Simple Talk newsletter which revealed that DBUp is now the most adopted database migrations tool after EF migrations, so it would be worth considering this solution as an alternative to DBDeploy.
(Simple Talk's audience is primarily people who use the .NET/SQL Server stack)
Disclaimer: I work for Redgate and the research described above was focused on understanding how ReadyRoll could provide additional value on existing OSS migrations-based solutions.
I tried to use dbdeploy for my project with MSSQL 2008
But I didn't like it and now for MS SQL we use Agile DBRIRE
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I work with several different databases and find myself trying connecting to these quite often to test a query. I use the database specific tools to connect to the DB and run the query.
I find these DB specific tools like SQL Query Analyzer (SQL-Server), Oracle Enterprise Manager, MySQL Query Browser to be quite clunky and slow when it comes to running quick queries and looking at data directly. It is also hard to remember all the userids and pwds for the develop and test databases.
What tools do you use as developers to connect to the database of choice? I use Eclipse as an IDE. So any Eclipse specific tips are also appreciated.
Even if a tool were to work with one DB and not with the other, I am willing to look into it if it were more user-friendly than the one the DB vendor provides. I am already using 3 different ones.
SQuirreL, written in java, will work with any RDBMS for which there's a JDBC driver.
It works very well for both sending SQL, rendering result sets, and allowing browsing of database objects (from a tree). For several RDBMS, it includes extensions to automatically generate common statements.
Especially nice is that the query pane executes either the selected sql, or the line the cursor is on up to the first blank line. This allows you to write several statements, and to execute them either individually or in a batch.
And it's free and open source.
I've used quite a few.
PL/SQL Developer: as the name implies this is Oracle specific but is by far my favourite DB tool. It greatly simplifies import/export;
Toad: Also Oracle-specific. I used to be a big fan of this but it's expensive and I think more DBA-oriented these days. For a developer I don't think it offers all that much (given the price difference) over PL/SQL Developer;
DBVisualizer: this tool isn't bad. I'm not sure the commercial version is worth the price they're asking for it. The free version is OK. It's good that it works with pretty much any database;
Navicat for MySQL: it's OK but honestly I wouldn't pay for it;
SQL Server management Studio: comes with SQL Server. I don't think I really need much more for SQL Server than this except perhaps a better way of importing/exporting databases, soemthing for which this is garbage;
Oracle SQL Developer: this is the poor man's tool you use on Linux when you don't have much other choice. It's fairly basic but OK given that it's free.
Also a nice tool is the AquaDataStudio
I've used:
TOAD
DBVisualizer
I prefer DBVisualizer, but it's a bit of a memory hog so it might not be the right solution if your resources are an issue.
I've tried the eclipse plugins as well. For me I'd rather keep eclipse optimized to do the work it's meant to do.
When it comes to stuff like this, I prefer portable tools. Installed once, you can put them on flash or CD and carry with you. Connecting to DB should be easy as filling out usual fields: server, user, pwd..
Sql Buddy
Decent one, open source, with syntax highlighting & code completition. Not recently updated but it generally works OK.
GiPo#DB Utilities
Very nice one, has all of the above features plus its more feature filled as it was previously commercial.
Mentioned tools are not more then few MBs in size and it takes 1 minute to install them and copy them to your portable location.
Within Eclipse you can use the Eclipse Data Tools Platform for doing database development. In recent versions you can find some kind of visual query builder as well. Oracle has a plugin for DTP and implements some Oracle-specific functions.
Database Workbench can be use for Oracle - SQL Server and MySQL
http://www.upscene.com
have a look at Rapid SQL
it is a cross-platform SQL IDE that helps database and application developers produce high quality SQL code faster.Embarcadero Rapid SQL helps you increase database development efficiency by:
Streamlining SQL coding tasks, object management, reverse-engineering, source code control and schema deployment
Improving team collaboration and resource sharing
Accelerating application development cycles with code assist, Quick Fixes, SQL to Java round-trip debugging, and profiling tools
Standardizing with one tool set with deep cross-DBMS platform support
Aqua Data Studio and RapidSQL are two great tools/IDEs for sql development. You can connect almost any database engine and they include some vendor specific features for say Oracle etc..
Also since you use Eclipse IDE, you may consider Eclipse Data Tools Platform or QuantumDB plugin.
The tools depends a bit of the kind of work to do. For most browsing I go for DbVisualizer, I can customize it exactly to my needs. The support is good and responsive. For pl/sql editing I prefer oracle sqldeveloper.
DbVisualizer is not a free tool but the price is fair, maybe even cheap when compared to Toad. It is also multi database but this is implemented in such a way that I am not limited in my oracle world and it helps me navigating on other vendor rdbms that I don't know so well.
For real time monitoring DbVisualizer has a very nice option that I have not seen in any other application. VERY usable if you are trying to debug some, for example, performance problems.
Ronald
Check out RazorSQL. It has all the features of the most expensive tools at a fraction of the price.
I'm looking for a tool that can map the relationships in my database in mysql. I would like something like the view that is generated in MS-SQL Server Management Studio in the 'Show Diagram Pane'. Does such a thing exist?
I'm in charge of the design of the database and its using rails conventions. I would not be adverse to specifying relationships by hand.
Doesn't MySQL Toad have a schema diagram tool? I think it does. I'm not a diagram guy (much happier with mysqldump output) but I've worked with many people who swear by Toad.
Maybe the official tool has that?
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.1.html
MySQL Workbench 5.1.16 is buggy on my OS X 10.5.7 system. I found that it does things like crashes and vanishes with no error. Or it will error out when trying to change page size in the print setup.
I also tried running it on Windows XP under VMWare. It seemed more stable and usable there. I was able to reverse engineer a DB and create a diagram.
One year ago I used DBVis together with Oracle. It believe it also works with MySql.
Altova DatabaseSpy will show them if you are on Windows. If not, the easiest way is to query INFORMATION_SCHEMA (if you're using v5 or later of MySQL) and check out the key column usage statistics for all the tables. This is easy to script.
Most MySQL databases still use MyISAM tables, which do not provide foreign key constraints. Without explicit FKs the best you can do is guess at the relationships between tables.