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Query builder tool

The project

The objective is to replace the query designer of access with a similar tool. This is because access have known liminations with the size of the MDB files that make it inadequate for running enteprise-size or huge databases.

My notes

I've search in codeplex, google and sourceforge for the most suitable products. And in the next section I've put those that more or less appear to be “active”, to satisfy the needs of users without great knowledge of technology and focused in getting results instead of getting an sql made.

http://www.activequerybuilder.com

Webpage: http://www.activequerybuilder.com/download.html Price: 360$ per licence. Discounts for big quantities.

Does it connect to Oracle and Access?? How good is the query tool? Does the query tool allow to export the query as sql? Supports the creation of batch jobs??

http://www.basenow.com

Webpage: http://www.basenow.com Price:

My Impression

Easy installation. All the application in english, not good.

Professional appearance.

Doesn't work with big databases. I am testing the application with an Oracle database of 125 tables and takes years just to open the list of available tables. Application hanged when tried to open a table.

http://www.dbqwikedit.com

Webpage: http://www.dbqwikedit.com Price:

My Impression

Easy installer. Auto-updater available, you can forget about the hassle of checking for updates from time to time.

Professional appearance.

Doesn't work with big databases. I am testing the application with an Oracle database of thousands of tables and when I try to open the table list I got an error.

Everytime I try to open a table it fails.

The trial version is only for 1 day.