Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Navicat supports Cloud Databases


Do you know Navicat Premium supports Cloud Databases like Amazon RDS, Aurora, Redshift, Oracle Cloud and Google Cloud?

For other family members, please refer to their feature matrices:
Navicat Premium: http://bit.ly/2h4XJUV
Navicat for MySQL: http://bit.ly/2h4XA3O
Navicat for PostgreSQL: http://bit.ly/2hfs1oh
Navicat for Oracle: http://bit.ly/2gAUj8V
Navicat for SQL Server: http://bit.ly/2g8cqXL
Navicat for SQLite: http://bit.ly/2giPsLZ
Navicat for MariaDB: http://bit.ly/2hfuWxe

Try our 14-day fully functional FREE trial: http://bit.ly/navicatdl

(Youtube video) How to integrate between Navicat Premium and Amazon Aurora database?
http://bit.ly/2g9lsPa

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Get some useful tips to improve the way you use Navicat.

Windows:

Open Windows Explorer:
target connection & “Ctrl + G”


History log:
Ctrl + H
(the log will be over-written when Navicat restarts)


Open a query editor:
Ctrl + Q


Find record in a table:
Ctrl + F


Open multiple windows:
“Tools” menu > “Options” > “General” > “Allow Multiple Form Instance” & “Allow Multiple Navicat Instances” > OK


Starts import wizard:
Drag import files over and drop into the target database


Edit value:
“Tools” menu > “Server Monitor” > targeted database type > “Variable” tab > click the button next to the value/ press “Ctrl + Enter” > edit value > “OK”
(edit values directly for the variables in MySQL & Oracle servers only)

Create open table shortcut:
right click a table > “Create Open Table Shortcut…” > the table shortcut can be saved outside Navicat


Action to a query by right-drop:
Right-drop a query from Navicat to a Windows location > Copy/ Move/ Create query shortcuts


Action to a query by left-drop:
Left drop a query from Navicat to Windows location> Move query


Available batch job list:
New “Batch Job” > Navicat logo on the left panel > the data transfer & data synchronization profiles are shown on “Available Jobs” column


Enable the table hint option:
“Tools” menu > “Options…” > “Appearance” > “Main Window” > “General” > check “Show table hint” > OK > point at a table to show the hint


Show objects’ detail:
“View” menu > check “Detail”


Rearrange & specify columns:
“View” menu > “Choose Columns…”





Mac:

Open log:
Cmd – L



Find record in a table:
Cmd – F


Open multiple windows:
Menu > “Preference” > “General” tab > check “Allow opening multiple instances”


Starts import wizard:
Drag import files over and drop into the target database



Edit value:
Menu > “Tools” > “Server Monitor” > “Variables” tab > click the button next to the value > edit value > “OK”
(edit values directly for the variables in MySQL & Oracle servers only)


Open table:
Simply drag & drop the table from Navicat to the desired location



Available batch job list:
New “Batch Job” > Navicat logo on the left panel > the data transfer & data synchronization profiles are shown on “Available Jobs” column 



Enable/ disable primary key warning:
Menu > “Preferences” > “Grids” tab > check/ uncheck “Show primary key warning”



Show objects’ detail:
Menu > “View” > check “Detail”



Rearrange & specify columns:
Menu > “View” > “Customize Columns…”





Linux:

History log:
Ctrl + H

(the log will be over-written when Navicat restarts)


Open a query editor:
Ctrl + Q


Find record in a table:
Ctrl + F



Open multiple windows:
“Tools” menu > “Options” > “General” > “Allow Multiple Form Instance” & “Allow Multiple Navicat Instances” > OK



Starts import wizard:
Drag import files over and drop into the target database


Edit value:
“Tools” menu > “Server Monitor” > targeted database type > “Variable” tab > click the button next to the value/ press “Ctrl + Enter” > edit value > “OK”

(edit values directly for the variables in MySQL & Oracle servers only)


Available batch job list:
New “Batch Job” > Navicat logo on the left panel > the data transfer & data synchronization profiles are shown on “Available Jobs” column



Enable the table hint option:
“Tools” menu > “Options…” > “Appearance” > “Main Window” > “General” > check “Show table hint” > OK > point at a table to show the hint



Show objects’ detail:
“View” menu > check “Detail”



Rearrange & specify columns:
“View” menu > “Choose Columns…”

Check out our other tutorials at bit.ly/navicatyoutube.



Thursday, September 15, 2016

Navicat Tips: How to create model from an existing database using Navicat Data Modeler?


Conditions:
  1.       Import tables through ODBC (through MariaDB in Linux version)
  2.       Use the “Microsoft Access Driver” to add a new data source


Windows:
Select “Tools” in the menu bar > Choose “Import from Database…” > Click “Manage Connection” > (Bottom left corner) “Manage Connection” > Select “ODBC” in “New Connection” from the dropdown list


Go to “Administrative Tools” in Control Panel > Select Database Sources
(select 32-bit ODBC Database Sources if using a 32-bit Navicat Data Modeler; select 64-bit ODBC Database Sources while using a 64-bit Navicat Data Modeler)



“User DSN” tab > Click “Add…” > Select “Microsoft Access Driver (*mdb) > Input Data Source Name in the setup window > Click “Select…” > Select database file > Click “OK” > Close the window when finish the settings 


Click “Manage Connection” > “New Connection” > Select “ODBC” > Set up the connection by inputting Connection Name > Select Data Source > Click “OK”


(You can also import connections that established in other Navicat Software to Navicat Data Modeler.)

Select the connection > Click “Manage Connection” > Choose “Import Connections from Navicat…” > Select connection(s) to import > Click “OK” 


Choose objects > Click “Start” to import 



Mac:
Select “import from Database” from “File” menu > Click “New Connection” > Choose “ODBC” 


Set up the connection > Click “OK”

(You can also import connections that established in other Navicat Software to Navicat Data Modeler.)

Click “Import Connection” > Select connection(s) to import > Click “OK” 


Select the connection > Click “Continue” > Choose object(s) to import > Click “Continue” > Click “Import” to start 



Linux:
Select “Tools” from menu bar > Choose “Import from Database…” > Click “Manage Connection” > Click “Manage Connection” button at the bottom left corner > Click “New Connection > Select “ODBC” > Set up the connection > Click “OK” 


(You can also import connections that established in other Navicat Software to Navicat Data Modeler.)

Click “Manage Connection” > Choose “Import Connections from Navicat…” > Select connection(s) to import > Click “OK” 



Select the connection > Choose object(s) to import > Click “start” to import 

Check out our other tutorials at bit.ly/navicatyoutube.