Testing To test SQLYog and run it through its paces, I tested it against an employees sample database running locally on a development laptop with Windows 8.1 Professional and MySQL version 5.6.

MySQL Server and components When you choose a full MySQL install on Windows, the following components will be installed: The MySQL Server -- the core of the database. MySQL Workbench to view your ...

Regardless, MySQL is not signaling that its future is proprietary with Workbench Standard Edition. It's just demonstrating that while its core database will be open source, the services around ...

The MySQL Workbench GUI is cross-platform, open source, and incredibly easy to use. Many database administrators are comfortable working within the command line.