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Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by wenc » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:32 PM UTC

ganomi wrote: post #19

Free alternative i have been using for some years now: https://dbeaver.io/ The community edition is updated more often than i would like and sometimes features break but bugs get fixed quickly and they add usefull stuff all the time. Dont know what i would do if i was stuck with pgAdmin...

DBeaver is great for MySQL databases. HeidiSQL is another good one for MySQL databases.

pgAdmin is not good.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by tbrock » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:35 PM UTC

ganomi wrote: post #19

Free alternative i have been using for some years now: https://dbeaver.io/ The community edition is updated more often than i would like and sometimes features break but bugs get fixed quickly and they add usefull stuff all the time. Dont know what i would do if i was stuck with pgAdmin...

1990s Java swing clunky UI... would rather use CLI IMHO.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by pyr0hu » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

tbrock wrote: post #32

ganomi wrote: post #19

Free alternative i have been using for some years now: https://dbeaver.io/ The community edition is updated more often than i would like and sometimes features break but bugs get fixed quickly and they add usefull stuff all the time. Dont know what i would do if i was stuck with pgAdmin...

1990s Java swing clunky UI... would rather use CLI IMHO.

That literally the name of the animal

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by sergiotapia » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

Been using this for a 8 months now, I really enjoy it. It's polished, and has a format sql query feature that is useful for that final step once you have your query down to what you want it. Very nice stuff.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by oefrha » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

wenc wrote: post #28

I work with SQL Server. I really like general multi-db GUI tools like this, but also wonder if one is giving up a lot of power. SQL Server's free native tool is SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio), which is one of the most powerful SQL clients I've ever used. (despite my carryover reservations with MS products from the 1980s-90s, SQL Server is indisputably an innovative and solid piece of technology -- MS did somethi…

Edit: read the parent wrong, but leaving my comment here so it doesn’t look like backtracking some offensive content.

> wonder if one is giving up a lot of power.

That’s an irrational concern. GUI tools also come with SQL consoles where you can do anything that’s possible in the CLI. With the added benefit of results being presented in a nicer way.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by sys_64738 » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:38 PM UTC

jackschultz wrote: post #13

Don't know if the person who posted this has an affiliation, I do not, but I'm a huge fan of TablePlus so feel it's still worth it for me to comment about this. It offers so many features that seem so natural. Quick editability which in some cases saves a ton of time. Tabs for different tables, plain text editing for queries with highlighting for ease of reading. There are other database interactors, that do the same…

It's a really nice app. The best of the bunch on the Mac IMO.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by memco » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC

I like TablePlus and have bought licenses for my work computers. It’s got a lot features, but is still rough around the edges in some spots: Mongo is technically supported but the viewing and editing experience isn’t great for nested object. The SSH support seems wonky: I can’t get it to work with my ssh config which uses proxyjunp to connect. I have to setup the tunnel using -L in my terminal and use the local port in TP. I know it’s supposed to be able to use the proxy jump configs but it has just never worked for me.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by sys_64738 » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC

tbrock wrote: post #25

Anyone know what this is built in/with? C++ & GTK?

It's a native GUI on the Mac.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by petilon » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

Looks like almost the same feature set as SQLPal: http://www.pebblereports.com/sqlpal/

However, SQLPal only supports Oracle.

Re: TablePlus – Modern, Native Tool for Database Management

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Post by DevX101 » Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 4:45 PM UTC

HHad3 wrote: post #2

The application looks and feels nice, but the per-device pricing/licensing model seems severely outdated to me. I will not make a purchase unless named licenses, which enable me to use the application on all devices and operating systems I use (with reasonable limits if DRM is needed for some reason), are available.

This is an odd hill to die on. I'd bet 90%+ of engineers have a single computer they code from at home (even if you have multiple computers) and another at work. It's perfectly fair to pay for a separate license for each of those use cases. I'd prefer this to some $10/month SAAS model.