Some infos around HeidiSQL

Project website: http://www.heidisql.com/
Google Code: http://code.google.com/p/heidisql/


*** What is HeidiSQL?

HeidiSQL is an easy-to-use interface and a "working-horse" for web-developers
using the popular MySQL-Database. It allows you to manage and browse your
databases and tables from an intuitive Windows® interface.

With HeidiSQL you will also be able to 
* Generate nice SQL-exports
* Synchronize tables between two databases
* Manage user-privileges
* Import text-files
* Export grid-data as CSV, HTML, XML, SQL, LaTeX and Wiki style
* Browse and edit table-data using a comfortable grid
* Create and edit tables, views, stored routines, triggers and scheduled events
* Bulk edit tables (move to db, change engine, collation etc.)
* Batch-insert ascii or binary files into tables
* Write queries with customizable syntax-highlighting and code-completion
* Profile your queries
* Pretty reformat disordered SQL
* Monitor and kill client-processes
* Connect to servers via commandline
* Find specific text in all tables of all databases of one server
* Optimize and repair tables in a batch manner
* And much more 


*** Requirements:

HeidiSQL runs fine on Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7. Running HeidiSQL on Wine/Linux
also works fine, apart from some minor graphical glitches, e.g. the transparent
areas of all icons are displayed with black color. 

HeidiSQL does not run on Windows 95/98 or ME, as the Unicode extensions are not
available on these systems.


*** Command line switches

Although HeidiSQL is a pure GUI application, it can be automated for connecting
and opening files via command line parameters. Parameter names are case sensitive
and are based on those used by the MySQL command line applications, e.g. mysqldump.

-d, -description    Session name
-h, -host           Host name
-u, -user           User name
-p, -password       Password
-P, -port           Port (defaults to 3306 if not given)
-S, -socket         Socket name (for connecting via named pipe)

Examples:

* Start over using stored settings from session "xyz":
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe -d=xyz
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe -description=xyz

* Connect with different username or port:
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe -d=xyz -u=OtherUser
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe -d=xyz -P=3307

* Connect to a non-stored session:
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe -h=localhost -u=root -p=Mypass -P=3307

* Open multiple .sql files in query tabs:
    c:\path\to\heidisql.exe fileA.sql path\to\fileB.sql fileC.sql ...


*** License:

HeidiSQL is OpenSource and released under GPL (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE).

Probably HeidiSQL saved you a lot of time and you like it. In this case you may
make a donation here: http://www.heidisql.com/donate.php


*** Credits:

Ansgar Becker (project lead and development), David Dindorp (former development),
Francisco Ernesto Teixeira (former development),  Andrew Brampton (LaTeX export),
Sven Lorenz (graphics), Mikkel M. Gerhardt-Pedersen (additional bugfixes),
Mike Lischke + Timo Tegtmeier (VirtualTreeView, GLPL), Maël Hörz (SynEdit, MPL),
Iztok Kacin (Cromis.DirectoryWatch, BSD License), Mark James (Silk icons, Creative
Commons 2.5), Jordan Russell (Inno Setup)

1000 thanks to MySQL for great database software
