I'm familiar with MS SQL server 2008 and I want to switch to an more open minded/source DBMS; I found out that phpmyadmin is the most widely used tool to manages mySQL databases but I find it very difficult to work with. In SQL server I was used to create tables from the designer (in diagram -> add new table) and only if I needed some extra features I actually modified the table. Can I do the same thing from phpmyadmin? I really hate that every time I create a new table to be asked how many rows it will have and there are plenty of options displayed even if I do not use them. So any alternatives???
P.S. mySQL workbench seems the right tool for me but I think you are not able to create tables from the designer only to edit existing tables. (Correct me if I'm wrong)