[HN Gopher] Commandline Database Clients with Autocompletion and...
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       Commandline Database Clients with Autocompletion and Syntax
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       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 65 points
       Date   : 2021-02-18 17:39 UTC (5 hours ago)
        
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       | flyinglizard wrote:
       | Azure Data Studio is a very nice hybrid between a lightweight
       | visual and a rich command line tool. It still has some bugs but I
       | like it very much (and it's cross platform).
        
         | orra wrote:
         | Azure Data Studio is slick, but disappointingly it's not open
         | source. (It's source available with a proprietary license).
         | 
         | BeeKeeper Studio has hence caught my attention.
         | 
         | There are is also an open source database extensions for
         | VSCode, including an official MSSQL one from Microsoft. Except,
         | I just realised many of its key dependencies are proprietary.
        
       | asdfghjklkjhgf wrote:
       | I've been really happily using pgcli for the last couple years. I
       | really like it. It has all of the upside of psql but with added
       | benefits that don't get in the way and are configurable. If you
       | use psql, I believe it's pretty much a drop-in replacement and
       | worth the minimal effort to try out. I personally switched from a
       | GUI client, since I had been missing the psql backslash commands
       | for a while
        
       | wsostt wrote:
       | I can imagine a use for this when looking for a quick answer
       | without having to wait for SQL Server Management Studio to load
       | up.
        
         | bntyhntr wrote:
         | I'm not a heavy db user, but I touch it once or twice a day. I
         | use mycli as my daily driver. I configured separate profiles
         | for when I connect to prod, and added autocomplete for my db
         | profiles.
         | 
         | I haven't found a gui I'm happy with on Linux, but I've been
         | loving mycli for the last 4 years or so.
        
           | amjith wrote:
           | > I've been loving mycli for the last 4 years or so.
           | 
           | So rewarding to hear this. Cheers!
        
       | paulryanrogers wrote:
       | One thing I always miss from CLI is the vertical properties view:
       | `\G` in mysql and `\x` in pgsql
        
         | amjith wrote:
         | They are both supported in mycli and pgcli clients.
        
       | mixmastamyk wrote:
       | These are quite nice. I'd like to complain however that the pgcli
       | on PyPi is out of date and a newer version that has several new
       | features implemented should be pushed forward. :D
        
         | amjith wrote:
         | The latest version of pgcli is pypi was released on Dec 11
         | 2020. There are only a few changes unreleased in the master
         | branch.
         | 
         | https://github.com/dbcli/pgcli/blob/master/changelog.rst
         | 
         | What feature are you waiting for? I can talk to the project
         | lead to see if we can push out a new release if needed.
        
           | mixmastamyk wrote:
           | Oh thanks. They aren't critical but I was waiting on the
           | unicode table borders without row separators and ability to
           | change additional syntax highlight colors in the config file.
           | 
           | Also, I have some awkward issues when typing out statements
           | and don't know if they have been improved. Was just hoping
           | maybe there had been some tweaks in the area have no
           | information on that.
        
       | hhsnopek wrote:
       | Has anyone found/built a CLI client for DynamoDB?
        
         | astuyvenberg wrote:
         | AWS CLI is pretty handy
        
       | taude wrote:
       | SnowSql (For snowflake users):
       | https://docs.snowflake.com/en/user-guide/snowsql.html
        
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