One of the most common questions people ask is Which tools work with PostgreSQL. In a sense the measure of a database's
maturity/popularity are the number of vendors willing to produce management and development tools for it. Luckily there are a lot of vendors producing tools for PostgreSQL and the list is growing.
One set of tools people are interested in are Database administration, ER diagramming, Query tools, and quickie application generators (RAD).
For this issue of our product showcase, we will not talk about one product, but several that fit in the aforementioned category.
All the listed products work with PostgreSQL and can be used for database administration and/or architecting or provide some sort of
light reporting/rapid application building suite. By light reporting/application building, we mean
a tool with a simple wizard that a novice can use to build somewhat functional applications in minutes or days. This rules out all-purpose development
things like raw PHP, .NET, Visual Studio, database drivers etc. Things we consider in this realm are things like OpenOffice Base and
MS Access. Most of these tools are either free or have 30-day try before you buy options.
You can't really say one tool is absolutely better than another since each has its own strengths and caters to slightly different audiences and also
you may like the way one tool does one important thing really well, though it may be mediocre in other respects. We also left out a lot of products we are not familiar with and may have gotten
some things wrong.
If we left out your favorite product and you feel it meets these criteria, or you feel we made any errors, please let us know, and we'll add or correct it.
We will be including Free open source as well as proprietary products in this mix. If we left out what you consider an
important criteria, please let us know and we'll try to squeeze it in somewhere.
