Reltron: a GUI for exploring relational databases (opens in new tab)

I really enjoyed this and would have been great to have something like this recently. Just the other day a coworker was writing some code on top of a database I had designed. He and I were discussing some of the result sets of a couple more complex queries that he needed to operate on. Given that there were a few many-to-many joins represented by relation tables in the section of the database that we were discussing, it was difficult for us to quickly iterate on a solution even while I had the SQL command line up and was querying tables as we talked.

While I am a fast SQL writer, having to munge and navigate the multiple relation tables during our fast-paced discussion was a little unwieldy. A tool like this to quickly jump between joins and look at the result sets while in the midst of a technical discussion as it evolves would have been perfect.

Very nice. Great example of what a difference it makes when you can play around with something and get immediate feedback, instead of having to plan ahead, look up commands, and imagine abstract things you can't see.

Great job guys, I see reltron getting better every time i see it