navicat
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Navicat | |
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Developed by | PremiumSoft |
OS | Cross-platform |
Available in | Multilingual (8) |
Genre | MySQL Database Management and Development |
License | Shareware |
Website | www.navicat.com |
Navicat is a MySQL management and development software by PremiumSoft. It has an Explorer-like user interface and multiple databases connection capabilities for local and remote MySQL .
Navicat allows database administrators and developers to monitor, manage and develop MySQL. It is available for the Mac, Windows and Linux platforms. Navicat for PostgreSQL was released in 2005.
Some of its features include:
- Visual Query Builder
- SSH/ HTTP Tunnel for remote database connection
- Database transfer from server to server
- Data and Structure Synchronization
- Data backup and restore
- Import/ Export of most popular data formats to and from MySQL
- Report Builder
- Tasks Scheduling and Easy-to-use wizards tool
Its latest version for Windows is 8.0.26 and for Mac OS X is 7.1.2.
[edit] Free version
Navicat Lite version is a free version of the software that was made available in October 2007. Navicat was an exclusively commercial software package since its release in 2002.
One notable difference from other MySQL GUI Lite versions is that Navicat supports HTTP and SSH Tunneling which allow users to connect to remote MySQL.
[edit] References
- Navicat MySQL GUI Review (by lasplash.com)
- Navicat Review (by O'Reilly OnLamp.com)
- Migration of Access data to MySQL
- The Era of Open Source: Migrate your Data from MS SQL to MySQL
- How to Import Excel, Access or XML Data into MySQL Using Navicat