Subject Re: [Firebird-Java] SQuirreL SQL Client seems to be quite popular
Author Mark Rotteveel
On Sat, 20 Oct 2012 19:39:17 -0000, "mariuz"
<mariuz@...-dev.ro>
wrote:
> I saw this response on StackOverflow
>
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12709814/column-aliasing-in-select-statements-doesnt-work-with-squirrel-sql-firebird
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> And i was curious what is the project state on sourceforge
> Seems that it became quite popular
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https://sourceforge.net/projects/squirrel-sql/files/stats/timeline?dates=2001-01-01+to+2012-10-20
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> And it the top picks for sourceforge Top Growth Projects
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http://sourceforge.net/blog/october-2012-developer-newsletter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=october-2012-developer-newsletter
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> ps: i'm just curious why is so popular? we jave a firebird plugin that
> seems that it just works

It is a database-independent db management and query tool: as long as
there is a JDBC driver for it (eg like Jaybird), you can use it to query
your database, etc. I guess that is the primary reason it is popular.

Mark