jLynx is a simple, lite, hi-performance layer over the JDBC API. Persist and retrieve POJO and Map objects directly. Designed for developer productivity. Simpler, easy to learn, easy to configure as compared to Hibernate, JPA, etc.
jLynx generates JavaBean objects based on your database schema. For example if you have 24 tables and views in your database, jLynx will create 24 objects with properties that map to the field names in each table. The jLynx Generator creates the objects and compiles them. You can also use the generated source instead if you prefer to customize the objects. Using the API to persist objects is trivial.
jLynx Framework implements the Relational interface, which has all necessary methods to persist objects and fetch entire collections of objects.
jLynx leverages the strengths of SQL and the strengths of Java without having to write/maintain J2EE code. It is truly the best of both worlds.
log4jdbc is a JDBC driver that can log SQL and/or JDBC calls (and optionally SQL timing information) for other jdbc drivers using the Simple Logging Facade For Java (SLF4J) logging system.
* programming and human factors by Jeff Atwood October 11, 2007 A Visual Explanation of SQL Joins I thought Ligaya Turmelle's post on SQL joins was a great primer for novice developers. Since SQL joins appear to be set-based, the use of Venn diagram
SQL Workbench/J is a free, DBMS-independent, cross-platform SQL query tool. It is written in Java and thus it should run on any operating system that provides a Java Runtime Environment.
It's main focus is on running SQL scripts (either interactively or as a batch), graphical query building or administration of the database is not the focus.
Do you hate starting on a new project and having to try to figure out someone else's idea of a database? Or are you in QA and the developers expect you to understand all the relationships in their schema? If so then this tool's for you.
SchemaSpy is a Java-based tool (requires Java 1.4 or higher) that analyzes the metadata of a schema in a database and generates a visual representation of it in a browser-displayable format. It lets you click through the hierarchy of database tables via child and parent table relationships. The browsing through relationships can occur though HTML links and/or though the graphical representation of the relationships. It's also designed to help resolve the obtuse errors that a database sometimes gives related to failures due to constraints.
If you have a busy PostgreSQL or MySQL database application, you might want to analyze the queries to see if they can be improved. Here's a little utility to help with that.
QuantumDB is a simple but powerful database access plug-in for the Eclipse Development Platform. QuantumDB allows you to:
* connect to databases using standard JDBC drivers
* review schemas, tables, views and sequences
* look up column, index and foreign key information
* issue ad-hoc queries or other SQL statements against the database
* manage, edit, and work with SQL files (*.sql)
* issue updates, deletes, and inserts using simple, easy-to-use wizards
Eclipse SQL Explorer is a thin SQL client that allows you to query and browse any JDBC compliant database. It supports plugins with specialized functionality for individual databases (Oracle, DB2 and MySQL) and can be extended to include specialized support for other databases.