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qBrowser - new CF open-source project

Posted on Nov 29, 2005

Ryan Guill just released a new open-source project he calls qBrowser. It allows you to test queries against a ColdFusion datasource in your browser. It will also code highlight your executed queries. It can save both a library and a history of your executed queries. It's still in its early stages, but can be a useful tool. Personally, I test my MS SQL queries using SQL Query Analyzer and think it is an excellent tool, but I have coworkers and friends who rarely touch it (no idea why) for whom this will be useful. Also, it works against any CF datasource, not just MS SQL, so it will work on datasources that don't have a tool like Query Analyzer. Finally, all it takes to install it is to unzip the files to your web root and browse...quick and easy. Good work Ryan, I am looking forward to seeing the project progress! (oh, and I added it to the CF open source list)

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good stuff, thats going to save me loads of time. Especially since at the moment the only DB access we have is iSQL via powerterm..

Posted By mark / Posted on 11/30/2005 at 5:18 AM

Just an update in case anyone reads this, ive got a new version out that also works with cf 6.1, and gives you the ability to save your results as a csv file. If you have already downloaded it, make sure you get the newest version, it has a couple of bug fixes as well.

Posted By Ryan Guill / Posted on 12/02/2005 at 6:38 AM