--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Jekke Bladt" <jekke.bladt@g.
..> wrote:

> All--
>
> We're looking at giving Firebird a try in the office soon and I've
> been looking over the wealth of tools available for administering a
> Firebird database. Short of downloading, installing, and trying all
> of them, it's pretty hard to tell which one is going to meet our
> needs.
>
> We're a mixed-OS shop, but most Firebird work will be done on
> Windows. All of the people who will be working on Firebird have some
> experience with Microsoft SQL Server. Is there an admin tool out
> there that is similar in look and feel to SQL Server's Enterprise
> Manager and SQL Query Analyzer? Ultimately, we'll choose a tool
> based on other criteria but, for now, we'd like to keep the learning
> curve as gentle as possible.

You've heard about the two best options - IB Expert and Database
Workbench. IB Expert has the longest history of the two and my leader
at work is happy using it. Myself, I first tried Database Workbench
and am extremely happy with that (it doesn't take many minutes to
become an expert). A third colleague tried IB Expert, but found it to
be lacking (at least she didn't find how to do something) in one area
(I don't remember which), then tried doing the same with Database
Workbench which had no problems and have since stuck with Database
Workbench. Whichever you choose you are likely to be happy with the
choice and not change later. Due to the experience of my colleague I
expect IB Expert to have a slightly steeper learning curve, but I've
never tried it myself and cannot tell for certain.

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