Altova DataBaseSpy Professional Edition Releases

Released: May 27, 2026

Updates in 2026 Release 2

Features

  • Altova AI for database query and design
    • DatabaseSpy 2026r2 supports optional integration with the new Altova AI Server, which is available as an add-on subscription. The Altova AI Server is an Altova-hosted AI service that DatabaseSpy can connect to. AI functionality previously available in DatabaseSpy that was unlocked using the developers Open AI key is now available via the Altova AI Server - no Open AI account required. An Altova AI subscription enables built-in, context-aware AI...

Released: Oct 21, 2025

Updates in 2026

Features

  • Optimizations for very high-speed data retrieval
    • DatabaseSpy 2026 is now able to retrieve data with practically the same speed that the underlying drivers can pass rows to it, making working with thousands or even millions of records lightning-fast. This means less waiting time when running SQL queries, browsing results, or testing different query structures. Sorting is also optimized, with instant results returned when a column is sorted.
  • Updated database support
    • Functionality for...

Released: Mar 25, 2025

Updates in 2025 Release 2

Features

  • Support for MySQL 9.0/9.1.
  • Support for IBM DB2 12.1.

Released: Oct 22, 2024

Updates in 2025

Features

  • Updated database support - Functionality for databases supported by DatabaseSpy is often updated to include the latest versions. In DatabaseSpy 2025, support has been updated to include the versions below.
    • MySQL 8.4
    • MariaDB 10.11, 11.2, 11.4

Released: Jun 25, 2024

Updates in 2024 Release 2 SP1

Fixes

  • Fixed in All/Multiple Products Libraries:
    • Update Python library to 3.11.8 or newer to mitigate OpenSSL vulnerabilities prior to 3.0.13.
    • Update libpng16.dll to a version newer than 1.6.38 to mitigate an alleged vulnerability.
    • Upgrade Visual Studio files to avoid loss of Microsoft support on July 11 2024.

Released: Apr 23, 2024

Updates in 2024 Release 2

Features

  • Updated database support - Functionality for databases supported by DatabaseSpy is often updated to include the latest versions. In this release, support has been updated to include the following versions:
    • MySQL 8.2 and 8.3.
    • PostgreSQL 16.
    • MariaDB 11.2.
    • SQLite 3.45.

Released: Oct 24, 2023

Updates in 2024

Features

  • AI Assistant - This release includes two ways to utilize new, built-in AI functionality:
    • AI Chat Dialog - The AI Chat Dialog allows you to send requests to ChatGPT to create sample SQL statements, create sample data for a given table structure, create relations between tables that have no keys yet, and so on. Once you send a request and receive the response, you can copy and paste the returned SQL into an existing file or create a new SQL file with the response.
    • AI Extensions - In...

Released: Apr 12, 2023

Updates in 2023 Release 2

Features

  • Support for additional database versions - Database support has been updated to include the latest versions of the following databases:
    • Firebird 4.
    • PostgreSQL 15.
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2022.

Released: Dec 12, 2022

Updates in 2023 SP1

Fixes

Import

  • CSV import containing many columns wraps headers to the line below.

Released: Oct 19, 2022

Updates in 2023

Features

  • Support for additional database versions - DatabaseSpy 2023 supports the newest versions of multiple databases:
    • MariaDB 10.9.2.
    • PostgreSQL 14.5.
    • SQLite 3.39.2.