Questions about any and all tools related to databases or the job of database administration.
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Tool to generate large datasets of test data
Many times when trying to come up with an efficient database design the best course of action is to build two sample databases, fill them with data, and run some queries against them to see which one ...
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Alternative Database Tools for Web Admin
I currently use phpmyadmin for most of my database administration. It works well enough, but I'm interested in other tools that might work more quickly/efficiently/etc...
What are the best and/or ...
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Comfortable sqlplus interface?
I found sqlplus'interface is rather outdated. It's quite nice to have some commands or keywords at disposal, but for example no "arrow-up" key for the previous history entry is available.
What is a ...
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8answers
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Is there a tool like Microsoft's “SQL Server Profiler” for MySQL?
While developing on MySQL I really miss being able to fire up a profiler. I find SQLyog is a good enough replacement for Query Analyzer but have not found a tool that works like SQL profiler.
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