Of course, if you have big bucks, you could go with a tool like DBArtisan: http://www.embarcadero.com/products/dbartisan -john Oscar Castaneda wrote: > If you install the full SQL suite, you should be all set. > It has tools for most tasks that I can think of: create databases, > create tables, enter info, view tables, etc. > > What other tasks would you be thinking about? > > > Aldrich, Dak wrote: >> Greetings: >> >> i'm finally delving into some web development that is taking my >> current systems (very small and only running for my department) to >> being used by the entire college here. So i'm converting out of >> Access to SQL. >> >> What i'm looking for are opinions on software for managing the >> databases. More on the level of create a database... create a >> table... enter information into the table / view table data. >> >> Does anyone have any experience with some of those software >> packages? Which ones do you all like out there? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -dak >> >> ------------------------------ >> -dak aldrich >> -network admin >> -college of music, msu >> [log in to unmask] >> -517.432.5045 >> -http://comit.music.msu.edu >> >> >> >