What's new in dbForge Studio for MySQL V5.0?
Support for MySQL server 5.5 - The product is fully compatible with MySQL server version 5.5
- New features were added and obsolete clauses removed in the Syntax check functionality
- New encodings were added to the encoding list in the Connection Properties dialog
- New kinds of partitioning are supported in the table editor
Master-detail Browser - Explore and analyze master-detail data in a convenient browser with the following features:
- Design view allows building relations between tables with setting where condition and fetch limit, choosing fields for output, and sorting them by default
- Data of the parent table/view is shown in the upper part of the Data view to allow analyzing data of child tables/views without extra navigation.
- The document allows saving and loading data and diagram for future use
- Sorting and filtering data in the Data view
- Ability to analyze self-referencing tables
Object dependency tree
- Easily explore object's references and dependants in Database Explorer.
- Compilation of dependants for debugging is now also available through the object's context menu.
Enhanced Data Editor - Newly added features and a few totally redesigned ones provide even more freedom when working with data.
- Foreign Key lookup editor added
- Server-side sorting and filtering implemented to avoid retrieving all data from the table and enhance work in Paginal Mode
- A few indications added to inform user about Data Editor's state
- Editing of tables in join statements is enabled now
- Option for numbering records added
- Copy data with header functionality added
- Ability to build graphical representation of your data with fully functional wizard added
Improved Security Manager
- Ability to edit permissions for several users added
- Virtual roles for users were added to allow granting a definite set of permissions to selected users
- Grouping by hosts in the users list tree added
- Editing users and working with Security Manager window simplified
Data Export and Import improvements
- Ability to export data from several tables at once added
- Exporting data from command line added
- Importing data from command line added
Object Viewer - a simple way to view object's details - Object Viewer (formerly known as Summary Window) was totally redesigned to provide an easier way for analyzing objects and their structure:
- There are three views to display properties, DDL (text), and data of the selected object
- Inner navigation through object hierarchy
- History with previously viewed objects
- More information about each object is displayed in the Properties view now
New state-of-the-art skins - Four new UI skins added to improve the application appearance.
What's new in dbForge Studio for MySQL V4.50.311?
- Removed spaces in the integer and float format in Data Export wizard
- Fixed NullReferenceException on saving a database project with opened table editors
- Fixed NullReferenceException on deleting a table from a database with an opened inactive editor
- Fixed NullReferenceException on auto hiding a tool window
- Added possibility to edit a definer for triggers in the trigger editor
- Fixed problem with BINARY(16) column type on selecting its data to the Data Editor
- Fixed problem with empty gray windows after editing a table in the modal editor from Database Designer
- Fixed syntax checking for some constructions in CREATE TABLE statements
- Fixed lost connection on the data comparing
- Impossibility to disable Code Completion in the Express edition was fixed
- Files in database projects are saved with a relative path now
What's new in dbForge Studio for MySQL V4.50.280 ?
Redesigned Database Backup Wizard
Schema Export wizard has been totally redesigned to provide more freedom for backing up schemas. It features the following:
- Capability to save backup options for future use
- Support of command line interface. You can back up schemas in automatic mode using Windows task scheduler
- Automatic archiving of schema backup scripts
- Writing a report about backup process into a log file
- Automatic removing old backup files based on date or quantity
New tool for database developers - Query Profiler
dbForge Studio offers results of internal MySQL tools like SHOW PROFILE and EXPLAIN in a convenient and clear GUI. Besides you get STATUS variables for the required query automatically calculated.
Additional benefits:
- Plan of the query displayed in the tree view for easy review
- Profiling history that can be saved for further analysis
- Capability to compare profiling results in two clicks
- Capability to print profiling results
Revised Data Comparison tool
Diverse testing and close interaction with database developers, admins and casual users resulted in thoughtful redesign and enhancement of Data Comparison tool. Now it embraces the following:
- Capability to compare and synchronize database of any length
- Increased performance of comparison processes
- Generating accurate comparison reports in HTML and Excel formats
- Capability to change synchronization direction in one click
- New comparison options: Ignore columns by mask, Ignore trailing spaces, Round float types
- Quick filtering tables in comparison results
- Optimized object management during custom synchronization
- Capability to edit values of default comparison options
- New synchronization option Exclude Comments
Improved Query Builder tool
- Optimized performance of the Selection tab in the expression editor
- New Wrap to Subquery option to wrap tables into a subquery
- Visual addition of subqueries to any part of the main query
- Optimized navigation in the editor, particularly between subqueries
- Capability to edit view location in the query document
- Joins show connection direction; better described connection properties
- New skin for objects on the diagram
Quick generating template SQL scripts for database objects
Thanks to this new functionality, you can save your time while working with database objects. For example, you can quickly generate template SQL scripts CREATE, DROP, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE scripts for tables. This option is available in the context menu and called "Create Script As".
A few improvements in Schema Comparison tool
- Extended capabilities of Schema Comparison wizard
- New comparison options to ignore some table options, DEFINER and SQL SECURITY expressions, default values for columns
Other improvements
- New SQL document view layout - now you can see query text and retrieved data at the same time
- Generate DDL wizard was renamed into Generate Schema Script
What's new in dbForge Studio for MySQL V4.0?
- Data import from various formats (Text, CSV, Excel, ODBC, Excel 2007, Access, XML, DBF) implemented
- Improved work with Data Editor
- Pivot Grid for data analysis was added
- Data Reports functionality was added
- Capability to create virtual relations on Database Diagram was added
- Capability to generate schema comparison reports
- Customizable product updates check, downloading and installation
- Product installation was redesigned to allow product updating without unistalling a previous version
- Enhanced management of schema comparison results
- Capability to add an SQL-filter to every pair of tables, while comparing data, was implemented
- Capability to ignore triggers during data synchronization was added
- Design of Procedure editor wad extended, capability to edit procedure parameters was added
- While working with an SQL document, it is easy to set a database for script execution
- A mechanism to renew a server connection after its break was implemented
- Interaction between database connections and a MySQL service in Service Manager was improved
- Multiple usablility impovements throughout the application
dbForge Studio for MySQL Key Features
- Database Designer - a state-of-the-art visual database design tool
- Database projects for offline database development
- Advanced stored routine debugger
- Schema comparison and synchronization tool
- Data comparison and synchronization tool
- Context-sensitive code completion
- Quick code navigation
- Automatic SQL syntax check
- Customizable SQL formatting
- Handy schema object editors
- Visual Query Builder
- Integrated Security Manager
- Server maintenance toolkit
- Schema export and import wizards
- SQL templates library
- Schema object search engine
- Multiformat data export
- Full support of MySQL versions 3.23-6.0
- Direct access to a server
dbForge Studio for MySQL Benefits
With dbForge Studio for MySQL you will get a clear solution for many puzzling tasks, while administrating, developing, and maintaining MySQL databases.
- Visual Database Designer - Design the whole database visually with a visual database design tool - Database Designer. Database Designer allows you to view and edit databases in a convenient visual way. You can observe all objects of the database, see foreign key relations between tables, view database objects information, easily access database objects for editing, retrieving data, executing stored routines.
- Offline Development with Database Projects - Enhance your work with complex database projects. Instead of doing lots of time-consuming tasks, perfect your management with well-tried features. You can integrate various SQL and script files into a project, group them into folders, and manage in one place. Build your project to a single script file or several ones and easily deploy on the server. Feel difference. Read how to work with projects.
- Stored Routine Debugger - Replace “by hand” debugging with a full-featured debugger tool. Debug stored procedures, functions, and triggers with no worry. You can easily set breakpoints to stop execution on any code line and evaluate variables and parameters declared in routines.
- Schema and Data Comparison and Synchronization Tools - Just select two databases (or a database and a project) to compare. Based on your needs, you can compare and synchronize the structures of databases (schema comparison) or the content of databases (data comparison). Manage differences in a convenient window and simply select the required synchronization actions.
- Powerful SQL Management - Free yourself from tedious work, while coding, with well-thought features. Speed up your development with code templates, code completion, syntax check, code formatter, and many other options. Make your work simple and pleasant. Learn how to effectively manage SQL scripts.
- Visual Query Builder - Create effortlessly complex queries which you could not create before. Do not think about coding, just use Query Builder. Drag’n’drop required tables to the diagram, select parameters, set conditions in a convenient editor, and then view and edit a query text. Find out more about Query Builder features.
- Convenient Schema Object Editors - Manage efficiently shema objects in visual editors. Get clear and automated ways to work with tables, views, procedures, functions, triggers, events, and user-defined functions (UDF). Take advantage of a quick search and navigation.
- Centralized Server Administration and Maintenance - Have centralized server maintenance with powerful tools. Use Security Manager to have simple and accurate management of users and their privileges. Get total control of user sessions and their information with Session Manager. Benefit from MySQL services empowered with Service Control window. Transform difficult tasks into your new opportunities. See how to use Security Manager.
- Multiformat Data Export - Experience visual and accurate data export to well-known formats. You will quickly choose required columns and rows along with additional settings for the selected format. With Data export wizard you can customize and even preview the result. You won’t waste your time changing the exported data, the result will be just what you wanted.
- Intuitive and Highly Customizable UI - Tune layout based on your convenience and work on-the-fly. GUI elements are well-located and easy-to-use. Tabbed documents, dockable tool windows, and other customizable elements will give you a quick navigation and full control.
Standard includes tools for database administrators and developers, such as a debugger, Query Builder, code templates, object search, various export and maintenance wizards.
Professional additionally includes accurate comparing and synchronizing the structures of databases (schema comparison) or the content of databases (data comparison), debugging stored procedures and scripts, creating complex queries, etc
Standard Features
- Multiple database connections in Database Explorer window
- Support of SSL/SSH/HTTP connections
- Work with MySQL embedded server
- Database Designer
- Visual editors for all MySQL schema objects
- Partitioning support for table editor
- Summary window for quick browsing of schema object properties
- Customizable DDL generation wizard
- Schema object and data searching on a live database
- SQL editor with syntax coloring, bookmarks, and text searching
- Code templates library with the browser window
- Context-sensitive code completion
- Parameter information for stored routines
- Quick information about schema objects
- One step access to a schema object editor from code (go to definition)
- Dynamic help on MySQL accessible from the editor
- Execution of scripts, selected SQL fragments, and statements
- Execution plan tool
- Data editor with in-place filtering, grouping, and sorting options
- Data export wizard
- Visual Query Builder with support of sub-queries
- Stored routine and script debugging framework
- Security Manager to administer user accounts and privileges
- Schema export and import wizards
- Table maintenance wizard and flush dialog
- Session manager
- Service control for starting and stopping MySQL servers
- Server Variables window
- Rich user settings
- Full shortcut customization
- Wizards for exporting/importing user settings
Professional Features (All Standard features plus the following)
- Schema comparison and synchronization tool
- Data comparison and synchronization tool
- Database project framework
- Support of code refactoring
- Automatic SQL syntax check
- SQL formatting
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