While browsing through my RSS feeds last week I came across a post over at WebResourcesDepot about this slick MySQL admin utility called SQL Buddy. Needless to say I downloaded and tested it out immediately.
SQL Buddy runs in a web browser just like any other PHP app which is pretty cool. All you have to do is download the files, upload them to your webserver, and you’re off and running with pretty much zero configuration. And it’s even compatible with your browsers back and forward buttons!
It’s capable of just about everything that MySQL Administrator can do. I’ve been enjoying its ease-of-use. Definitely a pleasant way to take care of everyday MySQL admin tasks. It’s certainly not as powerful as something like Navicat but admirably does a handful of things well. Take it for a test drive.
Hello,
Have you tried SQLyog Community Edition? I find SQLyog more powerful than Navicat – and SQLyog Community Edition is open source.
Hey. No I haven’t tried SQLyog. I’ll give it a whirl. Thanks for the tip!
Actually, SQLBuddy is hardly using AJAX at all.
All of the output is created by the PHP in HTML format, and the Javascript mearly does a “.innerHTML” command to display the outputted html.
So, the spead isn’t really increased at all, because the heavy HTML is still being downloaded to the client. There is no JSON or even XML being output in order to make for a smaller download. I would imagine any speed increases perceived over something like PHPMyAdmin, would only come from a lack of features or error checking happening in this early version of the program.
Hi Steve,
Did you try SQLyog?
How do you install it on Mac? If you don’t mind me asking?
@Khalid: I have not gotten around to trying out SQLyog yet. I mainly use Navicat these days for all MySQL administration needs.
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