MySql might be very good at providing an excellent database server engine, but their GUI tools has never met the standard, so to speak. I have had horror experiences with their latest approach ( MySql admin and MySql query browser) and always got the feeling that "why can't they make it as good as Enterprise Manager".
However, there are options. I recently downloaded sqlyog and now it was almost the opposite - finding things I wish Microsoft could implement into Enterprise Manager.
Just one example - the results view - here I have done a select * from cust_file - and the column filedata is a BLOB:
Now look at the button in the filedata column. When clicked we actually get to see the binary data:
Now that's pretty amazing, don't you think!
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