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SQLyog
Developer(s)	Webyog, Inc.
Stable release	13.1.9 / 2022-01-11[±]
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Size	11.0MB
Available in	English
Type	Database administration tools
License	Proprietary, GPL (Community Edition)
Website	http://webyog.com

SQLyog is a GUI tool for the RDBMS MySQL. It is developed by Webyog, Inc., based in Bangalore, India, and Santa Clara, California. SQLyog is being used by more than 30,000 customers worldwide and has been downloaded more than 2,000,000 times.^[2]

History edit

SQLyog v0.9 was first released to the public in 2001 after eight months of development. SQLyog was available free of charge, but with closed source code, until v3.0 when it was made a fully commercial software. Nowadays SQLyog is distributed both as free software as well as several paid, proprietary, versions. The free software version is known as Community Edition^[3] at GitHub. Paid versions are sold as Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate Editions.^[4]

Features edit

Prominent features^[5] of SQLyog are:

64-bit binaries are available from version 11.0.^[6]
Editor with syntax highlighting and various automatic formatting options
Intelligent Code Completion
Data manipulations (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE) may be done from a spreadsheet-like interface. Both raw table data and a result set from a query can be manipulated.
Visual Schema Designer
Visual Query Builder
Query Formatter
Connectivity options: Direct client/server using MySQL API (SSL supported), HTTP/HTTPS tunneling, SSH tunneling
Wizard-driven tool for import of data from ODBC-databases
Backup Tool for performing unattended backups. Backups may be compressed and optionally stored as a file-per-table as well as identified with a timestamp.
"SQL Scheduler and Reporting Tool" - a tool for scheduling and automating execution of any sequence of SQL statements. Result of queries may be sent as HTML-formatted reports.
Schema/Structure Synchronization and Data Synchronization
Query Profiler and Redundant Index Finder
All automated jobs have mail alerting and reporting options.
Full character set/Unicode support
A "Data Search"^[7] feature using a Google-type search syntax translated transparently for user to SQL.
Form view^[8] to display one row at a time
Foreign key lookup
Visual Data Compare^[9]

Technical specification edit

Programmed and developed in C++ using Win32 API. No dependencies on runtimes (.NET, Java etc.).
Uses MySQL C API to communicate with MySQL servers. No dependencies on database abstraction layers (like ODBC/JDBC).
Uses SQLite to store internal data like Grid settings. Consequently, these settings are persistent across sessions on a per-table basis.

Platforms edit

SQLyog works on the Windows platform ranging from Windows Vista^[10] to Windows 10. (Windows 9x/ME support was removed in version 5.0, Windows 2000 support stopped with version 8.6, and Windows XP support ended with version 12.5.) It has also been made to work under Linux and various Unixes (including macOS) using the Wine environment.^[11] Further, a subset of SQLyog Enterprise/Ultimate functionalities are available with the free SJA (SQLyog Job Agent) for Linux as a native Linux utility. This makes it possible to specify and test "scheduled jobs" on a Windows environment and port execution parameters seamlessly to a Linux environment.^[12]

Support edit

Webyog provides priority support to customers primarily through a ticket based support system.^[13] Users of Community Edition can get support through Webyog Forums which has more than 15000 registered users. Webyog also maintains an extensive FAQ^[14] for most commonly asked questions.

References edit

^ "SQLyog MySQL GUI v13.1.9 Released". sqlyog.com. Retrieved 2021-01-11.
^ "Webyog | Manage, Monitor and Secure Your MySQL Servers". www.webyog.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ "SQLyog Community Edition on Github". Webyog / Github. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
^ "Online Shop". Webyog. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Comprehensive Feature List". Webyog. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "MySQL GUI in 64 bit". Webyog. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "MySQL Data Search". Webyog. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Form View". Webyog. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Visual Data Compare". Webyog. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "SQLyog MySQL Admin FAQ - Installation and Configuration". faq.webyog.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ "SQLyog on Wine". Webyog. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "Version History - 2017 - SQLyog Knowledge Base". sqlyogkb.webyog.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
^ "Contact options". Webyog. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
^ "FAQ". Webyog. Retrieved 3 December 2014.