SQL client like sequel pro for SQL Server

Question

Hi I need to connect to a remote SQL Server database and I am not able to connect to it using Sequel pro, I have checked the connection using telnet and it is there. I also don't have windows OS so I cant install SQL Server.

Is there any work around for that? BTW I am using mac os

Answer 1

You can use SQiurreL SQL. It's a free, java-based GUI to many different databases. However, to use with SQL Server, it won't work out of the box. You need to get the JDBC Driver 4.0 for SQL Server and add the path of the driver that you just downloaded to the definition of the driver in SQuirreL.

I use this to connect from my Mac to 2005 and 2008R2 SQL servers.