Getting Started - Your First Start
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Database Workbench is a powerful tool to help in developing database applications. It has numerous tool to create and modify, query and test, manage and control your databases at multiple servers and multiple types of database engines, all from a single and consistent user interface.

Although Database Workbench supports multiple types of database engines, it is by no means a "generic" tool - with Database Workbench, you have access to server specific features, ranging from license management to specialized object editors.

Upon your first start, Database Workbench will ask you to register a server - you need to do this in order to work with Database Workbench. Once you have registered a server and have a list of available databases (this is depended on the type of server you have), you can connect to a database and browse the schema.

Database Workbench comes with several tools that can be divided into the following areas:

·Object Editors  
·Productivity Tools  
·Conversion and Import Tools  
·Testing Tools  
·Standardization Tools  

Learn how to use the tools, get used to them and increase your productivity!

And don't forget to take a look at the User Interface.