MesaMySQL

We built MesaMySQL for ourselves. MesaMySQL makes creating, designing, and altering a MySQL database easy. We also use it to edit, summarize, and analyze data for ourselves and clients. Although we build new databases most days, we spend more of our time viewing and editing data. MesaMySQL is set up for this in mind.

MesaMySQL connects to MySQL servers version 3.23 to 5.1

The database that drives this website was built with MesaMySQL.

Here is an overview of MesaMySQL features:

Connections

  • Connect to a database on your machine or over the internet
  • Open a new connection with each new window
  • Open multiple connections to the same database
  • Open connections to multiple databases on the same server
  • Do both of the above at the same time
  • Store your connections and specify a default connection

Structure

  • View, add, and delete databases
  • View, add, duplicate, rename, and delete tables
  • Specify table type
  • View, add, duplicate, rename, edit, and delete fields on tables
  • Specify field type, length, unsigned, zerofill, nullable, default value, and autoincrement
  • Add and delete indexes on tables
  • View the Create Table sql syntax for your tables

Viewing and Editing Content

  • Select encoding for viewing your data – encodings: UTF8, Win Arabic, Win Baltic Rim, Win Cyrillic, Win Greek, Win Latin 1, Win Latin 2, Win Vietnamese, K018-R, Shift-JIS, ISO Arabic, SO Cyrillic, ISO Greek, ISO Hebrew, ISO Latin 1, ISO Latin 2
  • Limit the number of records that load upon table selection
  • Suppress autoloading of records upon table selection
  • Build query to limit records using dropdown menus
  • Limit a recordset from a table by selecting a record count and a starting record
  • Set a “Load Last” limit that will load the last “n” records in the table
  • Limit the columns returned in a recordset
  • Sort a recordset by multiple fields
  • Make global changes to many records in a showing recordset
  • Reset column widths for easier viewing after a recordset loads with one click
  • View totals of numeric columns in a recordset with one click
  • Add and edit records directly in the listbox view
  • Delete records directly from the listbox view
  • Multi-select adjacent or non-adjacent rows for deletion or global editing
  • Click and drag in the recordset listbox to select cells and make them available to the clipboard
  • Reorder columns of data using click-and-drag without changing the structure of the table

Special Queries

  • Type any query into the custom query field
  • Read errors and rows returned associated with a custom query
  • View nearly 200 (MySQL version related) server-side variables with one click
  • Perform Optimize, Anayze, Check, and Repair functions on tables
  • View threads (connections) to the server
  • Kill a thread that has orphaned a table lock or record lock
  • Store favorite queries and keep a history of recent queries

Users

  • View users and their privileges
  • Add users and set their privileges
  • Set or change passwords for users (including “root”) if you are running locally or you have access to the users table of the mysql database
  • Edit a users privileges on the server, database, or table

Relationships

  • Store metadata about your relationships in a relationships table
  • Create, view, and edit your relationship metadata easily

Exporting and Importing Data

  • Export a proprietary dump to back-up the structure and content of the database
  • Export the content screen, custom query result, or table as a csv, tab, or xls file
  • Import a proprietary dump that can recreate the database from a single file
  • Import any csv, tab, or xls file into a given table