MySQL GUI Tools (and/or Heidi SQL)

Submit portable freeware that you find here. It helps if you include information like description, extraction instruction, Unicode support, whether it writes to the registry, and so on.
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Elminster
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MySQL GUI Tools (and/or Heidi SQL)

#1 Post by Elminster »

If you are looking for a convenient (and free) way to access and manage your MySQL databases, there are two tools that work off an usb stick.

1. MySQL GUI Tools (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/gui-tools/5.0.html)
The MySQL GUI Tools Bundle includes:
* MySQL Administrator 1.2
* MySQL Query Browser 1.2
* MySQL Migration Toolkit 1.1

2. HeidiSQL (http://www.heidisql.com/)
HeidiSQL is an easy-to-use interface and a "working-horse" for web-developers using the popular MySQL-Database. It allows you to manage and browse your databases and tables from an intuitive Windows® interface.
Both are pretty similar but sometimes the little difference is the crux of the matter. :-)

Both tools require an installation by default, but have no dependencies that would label them as not portable. Still I could not guarantee, that they don't write somehting to the registry or the user folder.
(Just recognized that DBdesigner4 was rejected because of that point - pity, because it is still really useful if used portable. By the way: The successor of DBD4 - MySQL Workbench (http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.0.html) has been released in a new version last month and also comes with a download option "no install" - still a beta and no reverse engineering ooption available :-/ )

You might also use some extraction tools like Universal Extractor to circumvent the installation. I use them in combination with the Uniform Server, since the database handling is much more convenient this way than with phpMyAdmin.

Well, just thought here is a lack of such tools :-)

LPChip
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#2 Post by LPChip »

I have tried HeidiSQL and it seems that it does store its settings in the registry, or any other place which isn't in its own directory.

I used its connectionmanager to store 2 sites in it, then rebooted to my other windows, reopened HeidiSQL and the connectionmanager was empty.

Maybe I need a different version...

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Ameri-CAIN
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#3 Post by Ameri-CAIN »

They have a PortableApps Beta of HeidiSQL at PortableApps.com. I haven't tested it yet, but the link to the dev test page is listed below.



http://portableapps.com/node/12289

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