Updated May 16, 2023
Introduction to MySQL Admin Tool
Many MySQL client tools, also called admin tools, are available in the market and can be used for administration and development purposes. These tools come with great GUI and user-friendly options for executing tasks such as security management, assigning and revoking privileges, creating, manipulating, and maintaining databases, script and query formation and execution, export and import facilities, and other MySQL services.
MYSQL Workbench
Mysql workbench is a visual and graphic tool that can be used for the development of the database, modeling, configuring, designing, creating, and maintaining the database, including backup and restoration using interactive graphics. It is a sophisticated tool that the database’s developers, architects, and administrators can use. Sun Systems or Oracle develops it and is completely cross-platform and can be used on Operating systems like Mac Os x, Linux, Unix, and Windows.
Features and Usage of MySQL Workbench
Here are some features of the MySQL admin tool:
1. Designing Database
It provides us with many features that can be used for designing and modeling, such as complex ER models can be created and reverse and forward engineering can be done. Also, the administrators, developers, and architects can easily make the provision to change and document management to design their database.
2. Development
You can create and optimize SQL queries using the visual tools provided by the MySQL workbench and then execute them efficiently. Other features that help and make the task of query designing and execution simpler include autocompletion, highlighting of syntax using different colors, provision of execution history of queries, and reuse of snippets of SQL. The connection panel can store and manage various database connections for databases, including MySQL fabric. You can instantly access the schema and objects of the database using the object browser feature.
3. Administration
The visual console is provided in MySQL workbench; database administrators and developers can use that to look at the entire database environment. Other available tools can prove helpful in server configuration, user administration, auditing the data for inspection, looking at the database’s health and backup, and restoring the data. All of this can be done by using visual tools.
4. Dashboard for Performance Analysis
Using the tool suite provided by the MySQL workbench, you can analyze and improve the performance of your database applications. It helps to find out the IO hotspots and the queries and statements of SQL that will consume a lot of time and resources. You can view and analyze performance indicators by utilizing the performance dashboard within the workbench. Other points and places where the queries can be optimized are also suggested and explained visually in the workbench. Using all these workbench features can enhance the performance of your database application. Most of the crux of application that involves database data retrieval and storage is based on query execution and its performance.
5. Migration of Data to And From the Database
Workbench tool provides us with solutions and features that can be used to migrate the data from and to different platforms such as Sybase ASE, Microsoft Access, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and other objects, data, and relational database tables to MySQL. The existing applications can be easily converted to work on any other platform, such as Windows, Linux, etc., by the Database administrators using a workbench. The data can also be migrated from the older version of MySQL to the newer version using the workbench.
Other MySQL Admin Tools with Interactive GUI
Besides the command-line MySQL client default installed to communicate with the MySQL database server, you can also use various other tools that are available in the market and can be used that are better in the GUI interactions and provide facilities to use the database easily and effectively. Some of the admin tools for using MySQL are available for free, while others require payment. Below are a few examples:
1. Navicat
Navicat is another client-side tool suitable for developing and administering MySQL or MariaDB databases. One of the most interesting features of Navicat is its ability to establish simultaneous connections to both MariaDB and MySQL databases within the application. Besides MySQL and MariaDB, this application is compatible with Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud, Amazon Aurora, Google Cloud, and Amazon RDS Cloud databases. The workbench admin tool offers a highly advanced graphical interface that specifically caters to efficient database development and administration.
Features of Navicat include migration of data, diversified manipulation of the database, Easy SQL Query building, Intelligent Designer for the database, Dashboard and tools for data visualization, Productivity enhancement, Collaborate with your team, Security Features with the use of SSH protocol that leads to a reliable, stable, and secure connection, Cross-platform support with Linux, Windows, and Mac OS, Navicat comes with the dark mode feature that changes the theme in which the application looks.
2. Dbeaver
It comes with multiplatform support, which means it can run with any operating system, such as Windows, Linux, and mac os. The workbench admin tool offers the capability to generate mock data if desired, and it also supports NoSQL databases. ERDs can run to get a look at our database visually.
3. sqlyog
It has the best interface that is elegant and provides the capability to create and manage your schemas and tables and visually design them. Users have the ability to highly customize the workbench admin tool and apply different themes to personalize its appearance.
Some of the other admin tools include Jetbrain’s datagrip, Heidi SQL, dbforge studio for MySQL.
Conclusion
The MySQL client that is command-line based is, by default, installed once you install the MySQL on your machine, or you can externally install it if you wish to use a remote database server on your machine. Admin can also control the privileges, security, and other administrative tasks from the command line. Besides this, other admin tools are available in the market that provide better GUI and is mostly free of cost. Experts consider the workbench admin tool as the most upgraded and compatible tool with the changes in MySQL.
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