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	CONTENT="SQuirreL SQL is an open-source Java SQL Client program for any JDBC compliant database">
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<P><B>SQuirreL SQL Client</B> is a graphical Java program that will
allow you to view the structure of a JDBC compliant database, browse the
data in tables, issue SQL commands etc. It is free software, and you are
welcome to redistribute it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
Public License.</P>
The following compatibility matrix shows which version of the Java
Runtime Environment (JRE) is required (minimum version) for different 
versions of the SQuirreL SQL Client:
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<TABLE align="center" border="1" title="SQuirreL/JRE Version Compatibility Matrix" cellpadding="5">
	<TH>SQuirreL SQL Client Version</TH>
	<TH>JRE Minimum Version</TH>
	<TR align="center">
		<TD>3.0 and higher</TD>
		<TD>1.6</TD>
	</TR>
        <TR align="center">
                <TD>2.4 - 2.6.x</TD>
                <TD>1.5</TD>
        </TR>
	<TR align="center">
                <TD>2.0 - 2.3.2</TD>
                <TD>1.4</TD>	       
	</TR>
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<P>The installation offers two install packages Base and Standard
and a number of optional plugins. The Standard package contains the
following plugins:</P>
<UL>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Code Completion - Offers code completion 
	the same way as modern IDEs do.</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Syntax - Syntax highlighting.</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Edit Extras - Auxiliary functions to
	work with SQL code (for example, formatting)</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Graph - create a chart of tables
	and foreign-key relationships between them</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">SQL Script - Generation of SQL and
	DDL scripts</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">SQL Bookmarks - Managing SQL code
	templates</P>
	<LI>
	<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">Look and Feel - Switching the look
	and feel</P>
</UL>
<P>The following optional plugins are provided:
<UL>
	<LI>Data import - Import arbitary files into the database</LI>
	<LI>DBCopy - Copy database objects from one session to another</LI>
	<LI>DB2 - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Derby - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Firebird - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Firebird Manager - Manage your Firebird Database Server</LI>
	<LI>Hibernate - Tools for developing Hibernate applications</LI>
	<LI>H2 - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Informix - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Microsoft SQL Server - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>MySQL - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Oracle - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>PostgreSQL - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Refactoring - refactor your database schema using refactoring
	patterns
	<LI>Smart Tools - Handy tools for manipulating data</LI>
	<LI>Session Scripts - run SQL when opening an session</LI>
	<LI>SQL Parametrisation - put variables into your SQL statements</LI>
	<LI>SQL Replace - place environment variables into your SQL
	statements</LI>
	<LI>SQL Validator - validate SQL against the ISO SQL-99 standard</LI>
	<LI>Sybase - DBMS-specific capabilities</LI>
	<LI>Internationalization - tools for translators</LI>
	<LI>WIKI tables configurations - How to copy a table as WIKI text for a specific WIKI engine</LI>
	<LI>Swing Violation Detector - Help to detect violated rules of the Swing programming model</LI>
</UL>
<P STYLE="margin-bottom: 0cm">For Windows the file squirrel-sql.bat
will run the application. For Unix the file is squirrel-sql.sh. On some
operating systems a &quot;shortcut&quot; will be created in the menu
system as part of the installation process.</P>
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