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[scootstah]

MySQL Workbench works fine in Windows, but it's a heap of crap in Ubuntu. You can't select multiple data rows, it's slow, it crashes every 5 minutes...

Is there a good alternative? I like the functionality and features that MySQL Workbench offers, but I need something a bit more stable. The features I'm looking for are:
- Connect via SSH Tunnel
- A nice query executor
- Able to save SQL snippets (not so important, but nice)

What do you guys use?

[Philip]

I use MySQL workbench, mainly on windows. It's not the best that's for sure.

I'm interested in seeing other options as well.

[shlumph]

Can't say I've ever tried it under Ubuntu, but NetBeans has MySQL support:
http://netbeans.org/...cles/mysql.html (old article, but you can catch the drift from the videos)

I'm pretty sure Eclipse has MySQL integration too.

[premiso]

I use bash  

I know of http://sourceforge.n...ojects/mysqlcc/  which works decent. The workbench I just hated. The MySQLCC program was the best I found, but I still prefer to use the CLI. 

Edited by premiso, 22 January 2013 - 06:16 PM.

[kicken]

You could go the route of a web-based app also, I like SQL Buddy.

[RobertP]

had the same question a few months ago, and i just installed the newest version of phpmyadmin and have not looked back.

[mark_r]

You can use Valentina Studio http://www.valentina...tudio-overview. Works on Linux,  Mac and Win.  14 Feb 2013 in the 5.0 version added support of mySQL/mariaDB , as well as, SQLite, PostgreSQL. It is FREE. Includes not only db management but powerfull reports that work again on 3 OS.

 

[jazzman1]

MySQL Workbench works fine in Windows, but it's a heap of crap in Ubuntu. You can't select multiple data rows, it's slow, it crashes every 5 minutes...

 

Hm..... that's very weird. I've never have a problem with it for one year on my CentOS6.x (Gnome) machine. I thing that problem appears because of yours linux graphical environment.

Edited by jazzman1, 01 April 2013 - 03:06 PM.

[jazzman1]

I don't know why you cannot retrieve the content from multiple tables and databases.

 

Unfortunately, there is no way to test it how this wonderful program works in windows ( I have only windows 95)

 

See my log, the last time that I restarted the mysql-workbench was at March 28.

 

Log:

[jazzman@localhost log]$ ps aux | grep /usr/bin/mysql-workbench
jazzman  31356  0.0  0.0 106096  1276 ?        Sl   Mar28   63:27 /bin/bash /usr/bin/mysql-workbench
jazzman  32504  0.0  0.0 103244   844 pts/0    S+   12:57   0:00 grep /usr/bin/mysql-workbench

 

 

 

[Sergei_Kharchenko]

I don't think that MySQL WorkBench is very good for Windows... Read the article about its more professional and functioonal alternative: http://blogs.devart....-for-mysql.html

So for Windows I use dbForge Studio for Mysql ( http://www.devart.co...e/mysql/studio/ ), and for Linux I prefer Valentina ( http://www.valentina...studio-overview )

[anikwa]

I've not had any issues with MySQL Workbench in either Windows or Linux.

[sathishnadu]

i have used SQLyog for this. But it uses wine. The UI is very intutive.

[DeX]

I've been using Workbench in Ubuntu for years without any problems at all, it hasn't crashed once.

 

Another alternative you can try is Squirrel SQL, I know that also works for Microsoft SQL databases as well. I used it on a previous Microsoft project and it worked great but I still prefer Workbench for non-Microsoft databases.

[Landslyde]

I use Adminer for MySQL / MariaDB.  Very intuitive. Nice, clean interface.  And it comes with a slew of skins to fit personal preferences. 

[Landslyde]

I tried to edit the above post, but I wasn't "authorized" for that. I misread. Adminer is web-based. The Linux GUI I use for MySQL / MariaDB is JPDB Admin. There's a FREE edition and one for $15. Not a bad way to go.