IBExpert

The creation and administration of databases is impossible without the support of any DBMS and their native tools. Such systems are mostly oriented to professionals in the field of information technologies. Most often these are commercial software products that do not have interface localization. Nevertheless, they are widely used by specialists all over the world. Among them InterBase and its free-to-use analog DBMS Friebird are invariably popular. What they have in common is a specialized utility IBExpert, aka component, designed to administer databases created in them.

Why is IBExpert so popular among administrators?

Its success is largely due to its universal application to all versions of the above DBMS, as well as Yaffil, allowing simultaneous work with them. Plus the Potchi program is free for distribution and use for developers. The functionality of the utility extends the possibilities of administration due to built-in editors of database elements, with qualitatively executed syntax highlighting. IBExpert has a good automation of processes:

• Executes SQL queries in the background;
• Extracts metadata and generates a report on it;
• Supports WINE;
• Determines the dependency of database objects thanks to an integrated analyzer.

Features

IBExpert has in its arsenal a tool that simplifies database generation due to its built-in templates. It is called Database Designer, which has a number of advanced editing tools. Among them are working with layers, working with hyperlinks, as well as the ability to add labels to the created database project. IBExpert, as it is supposed to be a professional utility, copes well with step-by-step debugging of scripts, the language of which is original PSQL. It allows you to document the database project and save data about it in HTML format. It has a debugger of stored procedures and triggers. However, before using it, you should pay attention to its bitness, the program is oriented to 32 bits. And if you directly connect to it a dynamic library from the specified database servers that have 64 bits, an error will occur. Professional database developers and administrators will appreciate the product with a long history of creation and operation, created specifically for fast work.