[thelist] Free MySQL Editor

[Sam]

I'm pretty sure you can just enter data into databases Excel style with 
MySQL Query Browser. Just double click the table to get the SELECT *... 
statement and then you can modify or add to the results. It's not very 
nice to use though but it does do it.

-Sam

Matthew Bernhardt wrote:
> Hey all,
>    There's a few, actually - but none exactly like MySQL-Front. For  
> structural changes, you can try the MySQL Administrator, which is great  
> for anything that doesn't involve actually looking at the contents of a  
> field. You can also do some editing with the MySQL Query Browser, but that  
> requires that all input be in the form of a SQL statement; you can't just  
> click in a field and type the new value in (Excel style) and have the  
> program generate the SQL statement for you.
>
> http://www.mysql.com/products/tools/
>
>    Beyond those two, there's a tool called the MySQL Workbench that is in  
> development - it might still be in alpha testing. I believe it is written  
> by the person who wrote DBDesigner (fabFORCE.net), but I may be  
> mis-remembering.
>
> http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/
>
> If anybody knows of a way to do Excel-style content changes in a MySQL  
> database (without MySQL-Front), I'd love to hear about it too...
>
> HTH,
> Matt
>
> On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:17:20 -0400, Minh Lee Goon <evolt at goonies.info>  
> wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there a free MySQL editor that's put out by MySQL AB? Are there other
>> free alternatives as well? I'm impressed with MySQL-Front But wondered
>> if the good folks at MySQL AB put out their own. Thanks.
>>     
>
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