Use DbVisualizer to connect and manage your Postgres databases. With extended support for pgSQL specific object types you can enjoy the full suite of smart features that DbVisualizer has to offer.
PostgreSQL includes many different object types. There are object types commonly found in several databases, like Schemas and Tables. Other object types are unique, such as Sequences, Domains and Aggregates. In DbVisualizer, you’ll easily find and manage all objects in your database.
Each object type has a unique purpose and supported actions. As a powerful PostgreSQL Client, DbVisualizer supports the unique actions of every object type in pgSQL. You can write custom SQL to perform the actions, or simply right-click on the object and select the preferred action.
Learn more about what object types are supported for PostgreSQL.
Writing SQL for pgSQL is similar, but not exactly the same as for any other database. DbVisualizer understands these differences and will make relevant suggestions, so that you can create SQL queries more efficiently.
Copy-paste long unformatted SQL queries for into DbVisualizer, and automatically format it in the way you prefer directly in the PostgreSQL client.
Once you’ve created a beautiful and complex query you might need to execute it several times, only changing small details. DbVisualizer supports the use of client-side variables, which will help you simplify this processes significantly.
Learn more about the supported features for PostgreSQL.
Postgres is a relational database, and as such the relations between tables and data is crucial to understand. DbVisualizer will help you automatically generate visual ERDs so that you can better understand dependencies and opportunitites, directly in the client.
DbVisualizer can present a visual explain plan from the database to help guide you in writing queries that the database can handle more efficiently.
DbVisualizer supports the use of pgAgent for scheduling of tasks.
Jobs can also be automatically scheduled outside of the PostgreSQL client, using the command-line interface and the pre-built scheduling tools of your OS.
DbVisualizer has the most up-to-date PostgreSQL JDBC driver included, and historical version. In fact, it has full JDBC driver management built right in. It connects you to your databases using JDBC drivers hosted on Maven, and supports different version of each JDBC driver.
DbVisualizer allows you to specify properties specifically for your pgSQL database, so that you can make it the best PostgreSQL client matching your preferences. Do you want User ID and password to be prompted to the user? Do you want scripts to be pre-processed? Do you want to disable auto-commit? These proporties and many more can be configured directly in the PostgreSQL manager to match how you want to work.
PostgreSQL is a relational database built open source.
PostgreSQL client is a tool for connecting to and manage your PostgreSQL database from your OS.
A PostgreSQL client is used to manage, update and create tables in your database.
You connect your database using JDBC driver, DbVisualizer has a driver manager is
built in.
Here is how you connect to a SSL enabled PostgreSQL server.
DbVisualizer allows you to write SQL queries, which clever highlighting of operations and autocomplete suggestions. DbVIsualizer also has a visual query builder, that automatically generates SQL code as you drag and drop tables and select what values you want to include.
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your PostgreSQL database.
You can use the client for free with limited functionality, try the Pro version for
21 days or buy the Pro version to get the full function set."
Postgres offers a very versatile database with a large community, thanks to it's open source nature. It is SQL based with relations between data and tables. It is widely used by several companies, professionals and hobby programmers.
Yes. As many businesses have multiple data sources for their various applications and other systems we've ensured that you can connect to all popular data sources within DbVisualizer.
The PostgreSQL JDBC driver is already bundled with DbVisualizer, so there is no need to download anywhere else. With the driver manager you can just select PostgreSQL from the list of available data sources you want to connect to, enter the credentials and DbVisualizer automatically set up the connection for you. It's super easy.
DbVisualizer has deep support for specific PostgreSQL functions and object types. For the full list, please see PostgreSQL supported object types.
In DbVisualizer you can customize the layout and functions to match your workflow. Put multiple SQL editors next to each other for quick comparisons, save scripts, re-arrange tabs, work with variables, get help with the Auto-complete feature and much much more. It is built to make your life easier.
The different labels of the environment in which you work with PostgreSQL have come mean more or less the same thing. While a client indicates that you have a server elsewhere, the GUI refers to the graphical interface of the application. IDE refers to the larger "integrated development environment" and the editor refers to in actual part of the client in which you write your code. A workbench focuses more on the process of development itself. However, all of these have come to be synonym in how people refer to the application in which you do the actual coding.
Yes, you can use DbVisualizer to browse your database. For each database you can see the tables, relations and custom objects that have been created. There are automatic visualization tools for you to generate entity relationship diagrams (ERDs) or see the servers explain plan.