For the DBA
Developed by a DBA, Advanced Query Tool is designed to make the life of a DBA easier. Many features contribute to this.
Advanced Query Tool
- has a compare facility for quickly comparing the definition of a table between databases. This is useful if your tables are defined in more than one database. This is fast; you can compare (say) 50 tables in a few minutes.
- has a facility for simplifying the management of the security of your tables and views.
- can show view definitions in formatted / interpreted mode. With this View you can easily match a view-column with the source of that column.
- can run multiple SQL statements. This can be used to run a script file containing a number of SQL statements. Options to pause / amend / retry make AQT one of the best ways to run a large SQL script. The script file can contain hundreds or even thousands of SQL statements.
- can generate (simple) DDL for your tables and views.
- can generate text containing table and/or column names. This has a large number of uses:
- from generating program code
- to generating utility statements for your tables.
- If you have a large number of tables in your system this feature can save you a large amount of time and typing.
Administation Component
This is part of the Extended Edition of AQT. This has a number of features that are useful for administering a database:
- create / alter / drop objects. Not just tables but also indexes, tablespaces, procedures etc
- a full DDL generator
- a comprehensive Object Compare tool. This can compare a large number of attributes of tables - such as indexes, foreign keys, triggers etc.
- a tool for managing the Authorities of your database objects.
The Administration component has been individually customized for the following databases:
- DB2/UDB, DB2 z/OS, DB2/400
- Oracle
- SQL Server
- Sybase ASE
- Sybase Anywhere
- PostgreSQL
- Informix
- MySql
- Pervasive.SQL
- SQLBase
- MS Access
- Interbase/Firebird
Data Loader
This is part of the Extended Edition of AQT. This is a powerful tool for loading data into your tables:
- data can be loaded from a variety of sources, such as other tables, queries, files, Excel.
- data can be loaded between databases of different types
- it is able to copy LOB data, making it one of the few tools on the market that can copy LOBs between different database types
- contains a powerful mapper for mapping the data from the source to the target. Simple manipulation can be done on the data.
- it is optimised for high-speed loading.
- can be run in batch mode.
Data Compare
This is part of the Extended Edition of AQT. This is a powerful tool for comparing the contents of two tables, views or queries.
- the tables can be on different databases.
- Data Compare can generate a script to resync the contents of the two tables
- can be run in batch mode.
System Monitor
For DB2/UDB, Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server, AQT has a System Monitor that shows you information on database processes and other internal information.