| doclink | homelink | copy | remarks | lang |
| SQL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SQL Tutorial | W3 Schools | E | ||
| SQL Tutorial | sql-tutorial.net | E | ||
| Introduction to SQL | James Hoffman | E | ||
| Inleiding SQL | Mark Andries | rather complete introduction to SQL | NL | |
| Databases - relational | ||||
| Databases - Introduction | Koen Noens | E | ||
| Oracle | Home of Oracle, THE database management system | E | ||
| Oracle Primer | Quick Start Guide to Oracle : Installation of an Oracle database management system, and introduction to some Oracle development and query tools | E | ||
| MySql | 'database of choice' for many Linux users who run web servers. GNU public License. Originally designed for fast read operations (as back-end for dynamic web pages), so said to be less robust / reliable and lacking certain features for write operations. This has changed in recent releases. | E | ||
| MySQL Quick Start Guide | Installation and pointers to initial configuration for of a MySQL rdbms, plus how to quickly create simple databases | E | ||
| MySql Front-ends | Quick intro to the installation and setup of database front-ends and administration tools for MySQL | E | ||
| Microsoft SQL Server | Home of Microsoft SQL Server, or Microsoft's version of Sybase | E | ||
| Microsoft SQL Server Quick Setup Guide | Quick Start Setup Guide for a reasonable yet not too complicated MS SQL Setup | E | ||
| Microsoft SQL Server v7 - Introduction | SIP - Scholen Internet en Informatica Project | Introduction course to SQL server v7. | NL | |
| Sybase | Home of Sybase. Said to be more performance-oriented (and therefore less robust ... ?) than Oracle. | E | ||
| PostgreSQL | fully featured open source dbms | E | ||
| Databases - object oriented | ||||
| Intersystems "Cache" object database | Intersystems Caché | Object databases are capable of storing 'objects' as defined in Object-Oriented programming languages - e.g. an object database stores not just data (~object properties) but also methods. Object databases therefore integrate more naturally with OO languages (such as Java) than relational databases do. | E | |
| Databases - other systems | ||||
| ADABAS | SoftwareAG | ADABAS is was one of the first database systems | E | |
| Informix | International Informix User Group | The mother of all relational databases, but kicked off of its throne by Oracle and Sybase | E | |
| Hierarchical Databases | IMS, by IBM | the hierarchical database system by IBM | E | |
| Databases - SQL and reporting tools | ||||
| open source database frontends on sourceforge | SourceForge - collection of Software Development Projects | Index of SourceForge : Database : Front-ends | E | |
| free software database frontends in GNU free software directory | GNU free software directory | Index of the SQL section of the GNU Free Software Directory - a collection of software released under the GNU Public License | E | |
| SQuirreL | (IBM technical article) | SQuirreL SQL client: A single, open source front end to interact with various databases | E | |
| birt | SQL editor / report creation tool. Part of the eclipse development environment (but can be installed separately) and oriented towards integration with Java/J2EE | E | ||
| jsqltool | ODBC - JDBC sql front-end. Interactive SQl with editing of data directly in the tables, and export to csv and xml | E | ||
| guna | Guna Project | ODBC interactive SQL front-end. open source - but Windows only | E | |
| Oracle BI Publisher | Oracle Technology Network | Free download. reporting / business intelligence tool from Oracle. xml-based report tool that sits between the database and the application you use to represent the data. Compatible with other front-ends eg MS Office apps : Design a report template in MS Word, and use BI Publisher to get data, generate graphs, etc |
E | |
| Oracle SQL Developer | Oracle Technology Network | GUI query creation and database management tool for Oracle databases. Free download. | E | |
| phpMyAdmin | web (php-based) interactive sql front-end for MySQL databases | E | ||
| Crystal Reports | Crystal Decisions | E | ||
| Create database reports with Open Office (OpenOffice.org) | How to use Open Office Base, Calc and Writer as database frontend, to modify databases (MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL, ...), and create reports, mail merge form letters, ... | NL | ||
| Reports : Van Data naar Informatie | Een paar bedenkingen bij Crystal reports, en toelichting bij Microsoft Word Mail Merge en Excel met Externe Data | NL | ||