Kickstart is a powerful tool for DBAs and software developers. It lets you write scripts using a simple Basic like Sprache to generate Datenbank objects for every table in a Datenbank schema. For example, you might have developed a robust Oracle stored procedure that inserts rows into a particular Datenbank as well as handling Sicherheit, audit trails and locking. If you want to use that stored procedure as a standard template then you can do it manually, cutting, pasting, editing and testing or you can use Kickstart to do the tedious work for you in a few simple steps. Start Kickstart and point it the Datenbank you want to work with. Load your source code into the Kickstart script editor and replace actual table and column names by Kickstart script variables and loops. Push a button and in a few seconds you will have cloned your stored procedure for every Datenbank in your schema. If you need to enhance or correct your stored procedure, you can simply update the script and push the button again.

You can use the same techniques for SQL Server, DB2, Access and any Programmierung Sprache or Webentwicklung tool that lets you edit source code as text. Kickstart also simplifies the process of converting schemas from one Datenbank to a different Datenbank. For example, you could take an Access schema and a script for creating DB2 tables and create the equivalent DB2 schema very easily.

Kickstart also gives you an ERD tool that creates ERD diagrams that you can rearrange and print. Its schema viewing Werkzeuge gives you different ways to view the structure of your Datenbank. Kickstart also lets you maintain information about a schema that is not stored in the schema itself. For example, you can designate columns to be currency or dates or Datum-times, or look-up display fields so your generated scripts can reflect that knowledge.

Kickstart comes with a comprehensive help file and a set of demonstration scripts. Support is available at www.westfaro.com.