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Relational databases aren't cool, but they are hugely important to businesses around the world. I've been involved with databases for quite a while, in some cases actively pushing their limits.
Lately, the most interesting database I've used is Postgresql. Dumb name, great product.
http://www.postgresql.org/
Oracle is big and ugly, but so are Mack trucks. Both are useful. Oracle runs on Linux, there are some products to help with this process at:
http://www.orasoft.org/
Documentation
This tool builds javadoc-like pages from an Oracle schema. I'm not sure that this is a good idea in general (better to generate docs from the source code), but it could be extremely useful for reverse-engineering.
http://oraschemadoc.sourceforge.net/
Development
http://www.memoriapersistente.pt/opensource/gaudi/ - a Java tool for visual development of database tables.
http://www.danny.cz/datadesigner.en.html - visual tool for designing database tables, plus a back-end which can translate them into SQL.
http://erw.dsi.unimi.it/ - a web-based tool for database maintenance. Also an excellent example of clean web design using CSS.
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TobyCabot - 23 May 2002
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