[Lazarus] Cross Platform SQL Client/Editor

Michael Van Canneyt michael at freepascal.org
Sat Jan 2 00:10:34 CET 2016


Very strange and somewhat disappointing to read.

why did you not use/improve the lazarus database desktop ?

that is what it is for?

Why not improve existing tools ? by fragmenting more, now there will be again 2 half tools...

Michael.

On Fri, 1 Jan 2016, Anthony Walter wrote:

> A few months ago I was trying to find a workable Microsoft SQL Server
> client/editor on Linux and couldn't find anything decent in the FOSS zone.
> I ended up writing my own simple SQL client/editor:
>
> http://cache.getlazarus.org/images/sqlclient.png
>
> The basic functionality is/was:
>
> Connect to a server running MSSQL from Linux.
> Allow the user to list/change databases.
> Allow the user to execute SQL, either select statements, or other
> statements including create/drop database.
> Show the query results in a result window at the bottom using tabular
> formatted text.
>
> Question 1:
>
> Is there any project (which doesn't require a whole lot of extras like a
> Java environment) that does what I've described in a cross platform manner
> and is easy to use and is trustworthy?
>
> Question 2:
>
> If the pickings are slim in answer to Question 1, are they many people here
> who want a simple cross platform SQL client/editor, possibly with both
> MySQL and MSSQL support?
>




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