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The DB2Night Show Episode #6: Data Studio versus Quest Toad

Posted on 1/29/2010
Oh! The audacity! In our sixth show, we talked about free application development tools for IBM DB2 LUW. We pitted IBM Data Studio against Quest Toad. Our special guests included Deb Jensen, IBM, and Jim Wankowski, Quest Software. Watch this show and listen to these two professionals duke it out for "best free tool "!

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Episode 6, 2009 Nov 20, Free DB2 LUW Application Development Tools: Data Studio versus Quest Toad with special guests Deb Jenson, IBM, and Jim Wankowski, Quest Software (67MB)

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In my opinion, I could see some advantages for both solutions. I favor Toad a little more for developers, and Data Studio a bit more for DBAs. Still, I prefer the basic command line interface.

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