Database frontend for multiple db engines [closed]

Question

Yeah it's spring and a lot of things happens to me...

Also changing some software things at my computer, because suddenly everything seems to be boring after starting my laptop. I even changed my wallpaper!!!

Besides I'm looking for a new database frontend and after using google with several queries I didn't find the right software. You have to know, my laptop and me are very very special :)

I'm looking for a database frontend which should have the following features

1. can access PostgreSQL and MySQL databases
2. can handle schemata
3. offers a nice sql query tool
4. supports an import and export functionality (something like tab separated text files)
5. it's free
6. looks awesome - every time when a colleague comes to my office he must get the feeling: oh boy, this man really knows his job and should get more money!

At the moment I've used phpmyadmin, phppgadmin, pgadminIII, mysqladmin and dbVisualizer. Furthermore I was a big fan of the aqua datastudio until it became commercial. This tools offers a great variety of functionalities which can simplify a programmer's life. However, now you have to buy a license...I'm a scientist and money for software is limited. =)

So it's my first time (question) here at stackoverflow please be cheerful. :)

Answer 1

My Swiss army knife for databases is SquirreL SQL.

• universal client (JDBC based)
• extensible (through plugins)
• does the job

It's UI is not its biggest strength though. But I rate higher what I can do with it than the way it looks like.

Answer 2

OpenOffice Base can use ODBC to connect to almost anything, including PostgreSQL and MySQL.

Point 6 might be a problem... :(