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SQuirreL SQL Client

Database administration tool

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SQuirreL SQL Client is free as open source software that is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License.

Feature summary

  • Object Tree allows for browsing database objects such as catalogs, schemas, tables, triggers, views, sequences, procedures, UDTs, etc.
  • The SQL Editor, based on RSyntaxTextArea by fifesoft.com, provides syntax highlighting. It can open, create, save and execute files containing SQL statements.
  • SQuirreL supports simultaneous sessions with multiple databases. This allows comparing data and sharing SQL statements between databases.
  • SQuirreL runs on any platform that has a JVM.
  • A plugin architecture facilitates database vendor-specific extensions (information or actions not available using standard JDBC)
  • Translations for the user interface exist in: (Bulgarian, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish, Russian).
  • Graph capabilities can generate charts showing table relationships.
  • Bookmarks - user-defined code templates. SQuirreL comes with predefined example bookmarks for the most common SQL and DDL statements.

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