Was just wondering what’s popular nowadays, maybe I find something new and better - what kind of tools are you using to access and manage databases?

I’m personally using Dbeaver a lot but honestly it feels increasingly more buggy and unreliable as time passes, every installation and update has had (unique) issues so far and there’s little support. However the ease of use and some powerful, convenient, utilities in it make it preferable to others.

  • 0x0@programming.dev
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    10 months ago

    DBeaver is multi-platform and multi-db, which is why i use it, haven’t had any major issues with it but don’t use it for overcomplicated stuff either, just running queries. Does rely on java, though…

    • bleistift2@feddit.deEnglish
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      9 months ago

      I use it. Since I’m frontend and shouldn’t prod the database too often, I wanted something free.

      Things I don’t like:

      • There’s an update about every second day, which requires you close DBeaver and run the whole installer again.
      • Scripts’ default names are ‘Script <nnn>’, but they’re sorted ASCIIbetically, so script11 comes before script2.
      • Lots of 8×8px buttons that don’t make clear what they’re for at all.
      • The editor is very clunky. I can’t tell what exactly is wrong with it, but writing SQL doesn’t feel nearly as natural as typing code in an IDE.
  • hikaru755@feddit.de
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    10 months ago

    I’m quite happy with the Database tools integrated in IntelliJ Ultimate (you can also get them standalone as DataGrip, I think). Granted I’m a full-stack developer and not a full-time database guy, but for my needs, they do the job very well.