SQL Image Viewer

Databases are widely used nowadays, since it’s pretty difficult to keep together large quantities of information otherwise. However, raw analysis of a database might not provide easy-to-read results, especially when it comes with attached items. In this regard, SQL Blob Viewer comes with a set of tools to view different types of content, and even export images from your database.

Needless to say that it’s recommended to make sure that your computer is connected to the Internet to be able to reach the database of interest. Obviously the next step is to establish a connection, with the possibility to reach databases like Firebird, Microsoft Access, MySQL, ODBC, Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, SQL Server Compact, as well as SQLite.

The application can remember your connection details, and you can even connect to multiple databases at a time. The interface displays all objects in a tree view for easy navigation. Apart from a database, you also need to know a bit of coding in order to create and SQL script. It can be saved for later use, but you can also rely on existing scripts, given that details correspond to your database objects.

Once the query is executed, all returned values are displayed in the results tab. You can switch to a simple table view in the field details. Both view types show picture thumbnails, including icons for other file formats, all instead of hexadecimal values otherwise used to represent such items in a regular database view.

When you have all the data you need, it’s time to export. This can be done to text files, Excel, or SQLite database. Regardless of your choice, a wizard shows up to guide you through several steps. You can choose data sets to export, whether or not to ignore or save images, as well as the encoding type to use and delimiter. There’s also a built-in picture editor for adding simple effects and changing color tints.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that SQL Blob Viewer is sure to come in handy if you often have to analyze database content, but find it difficult working with all sorts of numerical values and other characters. Images and other file attachments can be grabbed, viewed, and exported with ease.