Concept
The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of available database administration tools. Please see individual product articles for further information. This article is neither all-inclusive nor necessarily up to date. Systems listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development. Legend Create/alter table: Yes - can create table, alter its definition and data, and add new rows Some - can only create/alter table definition, not data Browse table: Yes - can browse table definition and data Some - can only browse table definition Multi-server support: Yes - can manage from the same window/session multiple servers Some - can manage from a different window/session multiple servers Monitoring server: Yes - includes a headless server, that runs checks and reports failures Legend: User manager: Yes - user manager with support for database and schema permissions as well as for individual object (table, view, functions) permissions Some - simple user manager with support for database and schema permissions No - no user manager, or read-only user manager Legend: Visual schema/E-R design: the ability to draw entity-relationship diagrams for the database.
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