MSSQL Gui Client for Linux?

[Rich Stanford]

On Sunday 09 April 2006 4:43 pm, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> On 4/9/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 15:06 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> > > On 4/9/06, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >         On Sun, 2006-04-09 at 12:29 -0400, David Cary Hart wrote:
> > >         > On Sun, 9 Apr 2006 00:49:41 -0500
> > >         >
> > >         > "Arthur Pemberton" <pemboa at gmail.com> opined:
> > >         > > Anyone know of a GUI client to MSSQL? My googling has not
> > >
> > >         brought up
> > >
> > >         > > anything.
> > >         >
> > >         > It depends on what you want the GUI to do. Setup? Or select
> > >
> > >         and view
> > >
> > >         > data?
> > >         >
> > >         > You can use webmin to create dabatabases and tables. You can
> > >
> > >         use
> > >
> > >         > phpMyAdmin for a good fundamental browser-based data query
> > >
> > >         tool.
> > >
> > >         > The simplest, most effective GUI might be php scripting that
> > >
> > >         you do
> > >
> > >         > yourself.
> > >
> > >         ----
> > >         He's talking about Microsoft SQL (MSSQL)
> > >
> > >         unless you know something I don't know, neither webmin nor
> > >         phpmyadmin
> > >         would work for MSSQL
> > >
> > >         Craig
> > >
> > > There in lies the need for this post.
> >
> > ----
> > I'm not entirely clear what you mean by a GUI client for MS SQL though.
> > If you are speaking of something like a pgadmin or a phpmyadmin, then
> > no, I'm not aware of one.
> >
> > If you are speaking of a software development system, I know that
> > rubyonrails has connectors that work with MS SQL
> >
> > Craig
> >
> > A query browser (editor? ) along the lines of mysql-query-browser is what
>
> I had in mind, it's jus ta pain to have to use WIndows XP on my laptop
> everytime i need to connect to an MSSQL dbase.
> --
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Might I suggest Aqua Data Studio?  (http://www.aquafold.com)  It is 
java-based, and if it used just for personal reasons, it is license-free.  I 
have used it for just the reasons you want.  They have connectors, via JDBC, 
to connect to quite a few data sources.

Rich

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