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Ask HN: Why don't you use MySQL Workbench?

1 points by miles21 ↗ HN
am doing some research on MySQL clients, MySQL Workbench is the official one but doesn't seem like it's used by many? wondering why?

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simonblack
Maybe we just use our own programs with the MySQL API.

IIRC, I once tried using the Workbench, but found it unwieldy. However, that was quite a few years back. Apart from using the home-grown programs, I quite often just use the MySQL command-line for one-off queries.