RazorSQL for Windows

User Reviews

• Time Saving Tool

  -Rufus-February 27, 2012

  Pros

  This tool has so many features that will save you time, you'll be hooked very quickly. My boss suggested I check it out. Did. Trial finally expired. I hounding him incessantly until I ended up with a registration code. Now I'm a happy (and hooked) camper.

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  None that I can think of.

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• Best DB Query and Analysis Tool Hands Down

  rickyisthemann84July 7, 2011

  Pros

  -Connects to 33 different database types -All Java for max portability -Cheap

  Cons

  -None. Seriously.

  Summary

  I registered with CNET just to review this app. My company was recently purchased by a mammoth corporation -- we used all MSSQL, and now that we're being assimilated, I had to find another tool than SQL Management Studio (which sucks, by the way). I needed to connect to DB2, MySQL, MSSQL, Sybase and Oracle. First of all, I had trouble figuring out how to connect to an AS400, and since I was trying to keep my job and make the new guys think I knew what I was doing, I couldn't ask anyone. One of the guys sent me a corporate WinSQL license and told me it was the best thing since sliced bread, but it required iAccess drivers to connect to AS400 and I never got it working. I tried using it with Oracle and the interface was wonky and kept crashing. I started getting desperate and started Googling for other software when I stumbled on RazorSQL. I had tried the trial version of RazorSQL years ago when I needed to ETL some data from a Sybase Sql Anywhere server, and it was great then. Anyhow, now I have one single application that connects to every DB I need, and can connect to many more. I generally prefer OpenSource software (not because I edit the source, but because I am cheap and the process to get software "approved" in a publicly traded company takes months) so I was reluctant to even give RazorSQL a whirl because I am so cheap. So I paid out of my own pocket and haven't regretted it a day. There's even cool stuff like a FTP/SFTP client, so vendor reporting and delivery can be done right in RazorSQL. The commandline options are helpful too -- In my batch report extracts from sqlcmd.exe, all I had to do was add another line to call RazorSQL and combine the output. Now I have proven myself invaluable because I am perhaps the only person in the organization that has knowledge of all of our various DB engines, and have even been able to create a data warehouse from all these sources, using only the tools available in RazorSQL. THE BOTTOM LINE: If you are like me and were using MySQL Workbench, iAccess, Toad, and MSSQL to try to connect and manage several different DBs, than RazorSQL is a no brainer. It truly has been a reliable and professional development tool, and at the end of the day I feel like I robbed the guy only paying $70 dollars for it considering how friggin' expensive all other (even simple) enterprise class database tools are. I would recommend, and have recommended RazorSQL to everyone in my department. I love it! FANBOY!!!!

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• The easiest to use SQL, MySQL editor for the mac

  zacharysmithApril 28, 2011

  Pros

  Very easy to use, ideal for beginners

  Cons

  A little expensive if you ask me, but if your going to be working in databases a lot, it is worth it.

  Summary

  If your on a Mac and have to edit a database you can't go wrong with RazorSQL.

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• surprised

  cherylcoxDecember 12, 2006

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  I had never heard of this product before and was pleasantly surprised after trying it out. It has all of the features I need, and the GUI is pretty intuitive to use.

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• impressed

  rricardo177September 13, 2006

  Pros

  I was particularly impressed with the language support for the programming editor. One example, it knows all of the built-in functions for PHP. When have you seen a database app with that kind of editor? And it has that kind of info for like 20 languages.

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• A very versatile product

  tpenn55July 30, 2006

  Pros

  This product has many features and all of them are implemented well. I use this product every day at work and use the mac os x version at home. This product is as good as the typical commercial products companies spend hundreds of dollars for. I highly recommend RazorSQL to anyone that either needs to create a database for themselves or to access any database.

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• Excellent product

  fsavage40July 6, 2006

  Pros

  The included database engine is very nice. The product is very well designed.

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• This is a top notch product

  joereacher99July 2, 2006

  Pros

  This is a very nice, professional product. I am a consultant and my clients use databases like oracle, db2, etc. I use this product to query and browse all of them and it has all of the features I need. The built in database is a nice feature. I use it to create playground databases. Another cool thing is that the wizards all show you the sql they execute. I highly recommend this product.

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