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Are there any tools available for Informix, similar to 'Query Analyzer' for SQL Server?
We needed a Query Analyzer-like tool for an Informix project some time ago, and settled on RazorSQL, which is Java based, so it's completely platform independent (Windows, MacOS, Linux, etc). About half of the development team at our company uses Macs, so that was a requirement. On top of that, it can connect to any database through JDBC (29 different databases, according to the website).
I've used it extensively on MySQL, SQLServer and Informix, and can confirm it works great on all of them. Before RazorSQL, I was using MySQL tools, and SQLServer Management Studio on a VM, but having a single tool to work with any DB you can throw at it is pretty nice. Also, for accesing Informix from a Mac, it's one of the few options available.
Not knowing anything about 'Query Analyzer' for SQL Server, I could be being misled by its name, but...
The Open Admin Tool has support for analyzing query performance in a number of ways.
Server Studio (SSJE) has some support for query analysis and performance monitoring.
The basic server provides SET EXPLAIN to describe a query plan.
There are numerous performance analysis tools - such as ON-Stat and the pseudo-tables in the SysMaster database.
There are also some ancient tools such as 'ON-Perf' distributed with IDS that may help too.
We use Aqua Data Studio, a nice tool which supports different databases.
Jonathan's answer is excellent so I'll just confirm that
Server Studio is a great albeit overpriced product.
Also to simply (and freely) run Informix Queries you could use Eclipse SQL Explorer
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Closed 9 years ago.
I'm using CodeGear Delphi 2009 and tried to install a couple of COM port components, but that failed. Could you tell me where I could get a good, free COM port component and how do I install it to IDE?(e.g. which ancestor shall I specify?)
This is what I have been using several years.
Serial version 4.4
Unfortunately, the download link is no longer available. You have to search the Internet.
The Unit Serial contains a collection of components associated with the serial interface of the PC.
The core components are the two TSerial and TSerPort.
Both are based on the Windows API, but offer much more comfortable and also flexible ways to access this interface.
In 1998, Version 2.0 was first released in the computer magazine Toolbox.
In subsequent years, the collection has components continuously developed and improved. The level of development, is now equivalent to commercial solutions. Particularly therefore has "TSerial" become widespread in industrial applications.
TComPort
Delphi/C++ Builder serial communications components.
It is generally easy to use for basic Serial Communications purposes. Alternative to the TurboPower ASYNCPro.
TComPort
I believe synapse has support for serial ports also:
http://synapse.ararat.cz/doku.php/download
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I am a solo developer evaluating TFS 2012 for source control, build management and testing of a client server application. I am especially excited about its Lab Management features which allow me to manually or automatically test my application against different environments. After reading the documentation, however, I am left more confused.
It seems as if I will have to deploy several physical or virtual host machines just to use it. I want to avoid the hassle of maintaining extra machines if I don't have to. Assuming I have the following development machine:
16GB RAM
i7 Quad Core Processor
1TB HD drive
1 128GB SSD drive
What is the ideal setup for TFS ALM 2012 for a solo developer where physical or virtual host machines are minimized and performance is least compromised?
If hardware resources are limited I would recommend you look at TFS service, it will give you all of the benefits without having to support the hardware. The other good part is the service seems to be updated more frequently and being as Lab Management is relatively new that may end up being a real help.
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Closed 11 years ago.
I'm currently giving a try to the new Visual Studio Scrum template and I'm looking for a the best approach and tools to enhanced product backlog management and tracking work progression. Any suggestions?
Urban Turtle (http://urbanturtle.com) is the first tool to specifically support the Microsoft Visual Studio Scrum process template (http://urbanturtle.com/blog/2010/07/08/urban-turtle-3-2-now-available/).
Let me tout my own horn for a bit, and recommend an Open Source tool I developed for my own use: Scrum Sprint Monitor (link to CodePlex). The process template you are using does not give Scrum Sprint Monitor some of the info it needs to be extra useful, but it would be very easy to add the 1 or 2 fields missing (work done and 1 other) to the process template and change the process template adapter class in the project to take advantage of them. Let me know if you are interested and I can help you through the process.
We use Rally ( http://www.rallydev.com) at our company and we're happy with it.
Prior to that we used VersionOne ( http://www.versionone.com) and it was decent.
Our company spent a good amount of time investigating and I find Rally does the job real well. Rally is hosted, which has actually turned out to be a good thing. VersionOne isn't that i'm aware of; we hosted it locally. Both provide free trials and they're willing to engage in migration efforts.
If you are using tfs you should seriously consider this:http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aaronbjork/archive/2010/05/25/announcing-team-foundation-server-scrum-v1-0-beta.aspx
This has been made in collaboration with Ken Schwaber the inventor of the Scrum. I've used actively rallydev & versionone in the past but they are too heavy, and therefore... Less agile.
The MFS template included with TFS has been adequate for our needs. We have a small group of 8 developers working on multiple projects.
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Closed 9 years ago.
I recently downloaded a neat java tool for managing certificate files - like PEM, PFX, etc.. From memory it was written in Java but, for the life of me i can't find it (cleared download list and non-obvious file name!).
This led me to throw open the question - what free tools are there for managing certs? The aforementioned tool could generate certs as well as display them via it's UI.
I just want something to track my certs and generally make it easier to view their details without having to use formal CA tooling or keytool/other cmd line tools JUST to see which certs i'm dealing with.
A colleague of mine has found a whole bunch - including the one that i'd used before (Portecle). Thanks Shayne!
http://yellowcat1.free.fr/keytool_iui.html
Or this: http://www.gria.org/downloads/tpc/keytool-gui-zip/griafile_view (apparently superseded by this commercial product: http://www.lazgosoftware.com/kse/ )
Or http://portecle.sf.net
The first one is OpenCA. htp://www.openca.org/
I have successfully tried this solution:
http://gnomint.sourceforge.net/
gnoMint is an X.509 Certification Authority management tool.
Currently, it has two different interfaces: one for GTK/Gnome environments, and another one for command-line.
It's free software, under the GNU/GPL license.
If you can stand not using a GUI, then OpenSSL is as good as it gets. There are binary packages for windows platforms.
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are there any free Team Foundation Server sites we can use for our private development? Please don't say CodePlex (which I love) because that means the code is all opensource.
Lastly, I also understand that some people might raise the issue of having their private code hosted somewhere by people they do not know, etc.. so please don't raise any security concerns.
I'm guessing there are no free services because of licensing reasons?
Microsoft are currently providing their next generation cloud hosted TFS service at tfs.visualstudiow.com - private repositories are free for up to 5 users but they have indicated that they will be charging for the service when you in the future when you have more than 5 users in your account.
If you are a small start-up and wanted to use TFS inside your firewall, then take a look at the new BizSpark program from Microsoft. This provides basically everything you need to start up a Microsoft technology based company for free (apart from the hardware) - including TFS and Visual Studio.
I would find it doubtful that there would be a free one. Team Foundation Server was very expensive for us to implement so I would be surprised if someone was hosting for free. Other than the CodePlex type options.
There are services where you can pay per user per month like this one or this one>
I find it doubtful you will find free though.
None are free, but there are four TFS hosting options discussed in this Simple Talk article, covering:
PRAKTIK Hosting
TeamDevCentral
SaaS Made Easy
DiscountASP
Microsoft's own TFSPreview is now rebranded as Team Foundation Service, which is free for up to 5 users.
We're running a pilot program on our TFS Hosting services, so for a short period of time it's free. After that we'll have the best prices on the full TFS suite.
http://www.tfsserver.com