SQLYog Enterprise Edition Version 6.55 Review
This software is one of the most popular GUI-based tools for MySQL. Most of the features of the software are geared to help the daily work of DBAs and developers. The software is rich in features and therefore this review will only highlight some of the cool capabilities.

Connection to Remote Servers
Most companies require you to use the ssh protocol to access their servers. While it is easy to setup your own ssh tunnel to connect to your remote database, it is quite cumbersome to do that. SQLYog allows you to easily do this and lets you save your secure MySQL connection. I use this all the time and I do not even think about ssh tunneling anymore.

On the downside, when I tried to connect to another database, the software opened a separate window for me. This made it difficult for me to switch from one window to another. This can be annoying if you want to compare two databases but it could also be a security measure so that you do not accidentally apply the wrong SQL statements to the wrong database.

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