Installing Eclipse SQL Explorer Plug-in

For installing SQL Explorer plug-in in eclipse 3.4 go to this updated post Installing Eclipse Explorer Plug-in in Eclipse Ganymede (Eclipse 3.4).

Today I am going to show you how to install SQL Explorer plug-in in eclipse.

There are two ways to install.

1. Download the distribution
   file and unzip it into your Eclipse installation.
2. Use the Eclipse Update
   Manager.

Installing using the Eclipse Update Manager

• From the Eclipse menu,
  select Help->Software Update->Find and Install. You will be
  displayed with a Install/Update dialog box.
• Select Search for new
  features to install radio button & click next.
• Click on the New Remote
  Site on the right hand side of the Install dialog box
• Enter the name as “SQL
  Explorer” & “http://eclipsesql.sourceforge.net/” (without quotes) for
  the url in the New Update Site dialog box and click ok.
• Select the SQL Explorer
  site in the Install dialog box and click finish.
• Once the search is
  finished, it will present with the features to install.
• Select the features you
  want to install. In this case select SQL Explorer branch & click next.
• Accept the license
  agreement & click next.
• Select the install location
  where you want to install this plug-in. By default it will be installed
  into the eclipse plug-in directory. If you want to add another location
  click on the change location button on the lower right hand corner and
  specify the directory where you want to install. Once you are finished
  with the selections click on finish button.