Redgate releases community editions of its MySQL tools

In a move reflecting the increasing acceptance and adoption of open source software and the principles behind it, Redgate Software has released community editions of its MySQL database tools. Alongside the paid-for enterprise editions, MySQL Compare and MySQL Data Compare are now available free for non-commercial use. Redgate first came to prominence when it launched SQL Compare, which has since become the industry standard for comparing and deploying SQL Server database schemas and data. The company now has a complete suite of database tools and has further developed many of them for use in the Oracle and MySQL environments. MySQL Compare and MySQL Data Compare save users hours of work comparing and deploying MySQL databases, while ensuring accuracy. They eliminate mistakes by finding and fixing the errors caused by differences between databases, and generate the SQL scripts necessary to deploy changes.