Forrest Stroud

SQL Runner 2.0 is now officially available from Colibri Products. SQL Runner is a tool that allows you to connect through ODBC to any ODBC data source, show database structure (table-columns tree), run any SQL statement, and edit data in databases based on SELECT statements using active grid. SQL Runner allows you to execute SQL […]

Version 2.1 of MySQL-Front is now available from developer Ansgar Becker. MySQL-Front is a free, powerful and easy-to-use Win32-Interface for Web-workers dealing with MySQL-Databases. MySQL-Front allows you to: Create/drop databases Create/drop tables Edit/add/delete fields Edit/insert/delete records Edit BLOBs and MEMOs with Bitmap/GIF/JPEG-Support View a list of server-variables View and kill other user-processes Execute (large) SQL-scripts […]

Microsoft recently released beta 2 of the SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC, a Type 4 JDBC driver that provides highly scalable and reliable connectivity for the enterprise Java environment. The SQL Server 2000 Driver for JDBC provides JDBC access through any Java-enabled applet, application, or application server. It delivers high-performance point-to-point and n-tier access […]

MySQL 4.0.1 is now officially available for RedHat Linux and is available in alpha (beta) release for all other major operating systems (including Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, MacOS X, HP-UX, AIX, and SGI Irix). MySQL is a fast, reliable, easy to use database server that consists of a multi-threaded SQL server that supports different backends, several […]

Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SQL Server 2000 is now available from the Microsoft Web site. The latest service pack addresses specific issues that were discovered in SQL Server 2000 since the initial service pack was released. Because SQL Server Service Packs are cumulative, SP2 includes all fixes from the previously released Service Pack 1 […]

SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 Beta Program Microsoft is seeking testers to evaluate SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 2 before it’s released it to the public. Registered and active members of the beta program will also be given early preview access to “Yukon”, the “next major milestone in the evolution of SQL Server.” You […]

SeQueLizer IDE (SQLIDE) is a useful tool that is designed to help professional database developers throughout the entire database development cycle, from creating SQL scripts to building a database from these scripts and to performing two-way syncronization whenever either the scripts or the database are changed. SQLIDE provides developers with a complete, clean and hassle-free […]

Service Pack 1 for SQL Server 2000 is now available from the Microsoft Web site. The SQL Server 2000 SP1 download is provided in three parts for the Database, Analysis Services, and Desktop Engine (MSDE) server components. All three parts can be downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/sql/downloads/2000/sp1.asp. According to Microsoft, the following areas are updated with SP1: […]