Navicat recommended?

[matthewamzn]

I need to upload a remote xml feed to my mysql database. Has anyone done this with navicat? Is it a good program?

[figment88]

I tried Navicat - you can get a free 30 day evaluation.

For the most part I liked it.

Reasons I didn't buy:
1) Remote uploads (I tried delimited files) didn't work so great for large files.

2) No data entry mode. If I need to add or edit a single record, I want to be able to display the fields horizontally. With many fields side-scroll really sucks.

3) Some of my web hosts do not allow remote mysql access.

It was mighty close to being a buy - I'll probably give it another looksee when they get a new version.

[TonyMc]

I use it. I love it.