Hi just a quick question.

I've been Using MYSQL and I'm used to Powerful interfaces like Yog and MYSQL Front. I've gotten DB2 and I don't find the DB2 Administration tools very useful as a front end for Working with the Database.

Are their any "Free" DB2 "Front Ends" that give you more controll out there?

Thanks

There aren't any good ones for free but you can try DB2 Monitor (search google with the string DB2 Monitor).

maybe you can try with Quest's Toad for UDB

Another one is Db ARTISAN from Embarcado.

It's not free.

But as he wants something good I feel he needs to pay for that.
Db Artisan seems to be very user friendly. We are using that.

Thx,
Jay

The OP specifically asked for a "free" tool. DBArtisan is very expensive.

Oh....My....God....I did not know about Toad!!!, Man TOAD Rules, I'm using it for mysql and mssql as well as DB2. I've never seen anything as good as that for Free I can't believe it!

Thank you so much murali_sb!! and everyone else that posted a reply and tried to help. Toad is Amazing now I can get more done Without having to spend and Arm and a Leg.

Peace all.

Kevin

It is free for now, but eventually they will start charging for it.

i've been using toad... it's a good FREE tool... but if you want better tools, you need to pay for them

Seems like Quest indeed started to charge for Toad: $870/seat (with as alternative a free trial version for only 30 days ...)

One tool worthwhile to check is DBVisualizer (http://www.minq.se/products/dbvis/) from Minq Software. There is two versions of it, Free and Personal. The free version is ofcourse limited on features compared to Personal edition.