Navicat 6.0.3 review

Navicat is a powerful MySQL database administration and development tool that are not only sophisticated enough for professional deve

License: Other/Proprietary License with Free Trial File size: 4399K Developer: PremiumSoft CyberTech Ltd.

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Navicat is a powerful MySQL database administration and development tool that are not only sophisticated enough for professional developers, but also easy to learn for new users.

With a nice GUI, Navicat lets you quickly and easily create, organize, access and share information in a secure and easy way.

Navicat supports multiple connections. You can use Navicat to manage your local or remote MySQL server. Your remote MySQL server can be running on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X or Windows platform.

Since early 2004, the monthly download has exceeded 220,000 records; Navicat is recognized as the Most Popular MySQL front end GUI. It is available in three OS platforms - Window, Mac OS X and Linux.

Navicat supports MySQL users from AOL, BT, Vodafone, Ford Motor, The Gillette Company, Sony Music, Intel ,Boeing, Kodak, FedEx, Hitachi, Sharp, KPMG Advisory, Ericsson, Siemens AG, Yahoo!, Imation, Lexmark, Cisco Systems, RSA Security, Avis (Europe), U.S. Department of Energy, Harris Bank, Central Carolina Bank, Harvard University, Oxford University, NASA Space Flight Center, MIT, Stanford University, Columbia University and many more.

Here are some key features of "Navicat":
Support Multiple Connections for local or remote MySQL servers
Browse your databases
Create and delete databases, tables, indexes and users
Modify your data
Create or Run SQL queries
Manage user privileges [security configuration]
Backup/Restore your database
Data Transfer - Support transfer databases from one MySQL server to another MySQL server (1. Local to Remote , 2. Remote to Remote, 3. Remote to Local)
Foreign Keys - Support to configure Foreign Keys
Unicode Support
Stored Procedure
Batch Job and Scheduling
Import/Export data ( It supports up to 18* most popular formats including MS Access, MS Excel, XML, PDF and TXT. )


Limitations:
This is a 30-day free trial and is FULLY functional.


What's New in This Release:
Navicat 2005 includes below new features.

SSL Connection
Filter Wizard
Import Wizard
Export Wizard
Visual Query Builder

With helpful wizards, it makes importing/ exporting data to and from MySQL become much more easier and efficient. The Import/ Export Wizards support these formats: MS Word, HTML, PDF, TXT, CSV, DBF, XML, etc.

A Visual Query Builder is added for creating sql queries visually and SSL connection is introduced for encrypting your important information.

The database management tool is a MySQL front end provides extensive functionality for managing and developing MySQL database. This tool features an intuitive interface, enabling users to manage multiple databases on local or remote MySQL server easily. Other major features include data backup/ restore, database transfer from server to server, and schedule creation for Backup, Import / Export, Data Transfer, and Saved Queries.

It also includes a full featured graphical manager for setting the users and access privileges.