Introduction Mysql Workbench: Pinal Dave @pinaldave

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Introduction MySQL Workbench

Pinal Dave
@pinaldave
Outline

 Visual Database Design Tools


 Development
 Design
 Administration
 Features
MySQL Workbench Features

 Database Development  Database Administration


 Schema object browsing  Start and stop of database instances
 SQL syntax highlighter and statement
 Instance configuration
parser
 Multiple-, editable result sets  Database account management
 SQL snippets collections  Instance variables browsing
 SSH connection tunneling  Log file browsing
 Unicode support  Data dump export/import
 Database Designing
 Database Migration
 ER diagramming
 Any ODBC compliant database
 Drag'n'Drop visual modeling
 Native support: Microsoft SQL Server,
 Reverse engineering from SQL Scripts and
PostgreSQL, Sybase ASE
live database
 Miscellaneous
 Forward engineering to SQL Scripts and
live database  Database Connection & Instance
Management
 Schema synchronization
 Wizard driven action items
 Printing of models
 Fully scriptable with Python and Lua
 Import from fabFORCE.net DBDesigner4
 Support for custom plugins

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySQL_Workbench
Starting MySQL Workbench

Start >> All Programs >> MySQL >> MySQL workbench


Summary in Sixty Seconds

#1 MySQL Workbench is divided into three major


sections i) Development ii) Modeling iii) Administration

#2 We can retrieve, view, edit or delete data from SQL


Editor of SQL Development section

#3 We can create database model as well reverse


engineer database from Data Modeling section

#4 We can start, stop and manage MySQL instance from


Server Administration section

#5 Remember, we can use MySQL Command Line Editor


if we have no access to MySQL Workbench

#6 Download MySQL Workbench from


http://www.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

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