MySQL Workbench 5.1.17 Available

We're proud to announce the first service release of our current GA product MySQL Workbench 5.1. This maintenance release encompasses a number of stability, performance and quality improvements. We were able to fix 56 bugs - as always, details on latest changes can be found on our Releases Page. Please head over to our download page and fetch this new update: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.1.html In addition to the improvements on the application, we also updated our packaging procedure to provide a more up to date selection of packages for recent distributions. Along with the Windows and OSX (intel) binaries we now provide binaries for the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu 8.04  (32/64bit) Ubuntu 9.04  (32/64bit) Fedora 11     (32/64bit) If you encounter any problems, please report them to our bugtracker. Feel ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.2. Query Functionality Update

Few words about current status of 5.2 branch, its main feature Query Editor, and plans for nearest future about it. 5.2 is still in alpha stage, but we did good progress lately and plan to release beta version soon. For v5.2.2 major efforts were concentrated on stabilization of existing functionality and code base. There are few improvements in Query Editor visible to end user, while a good bunch of bugs were revealed and fixed - thanks to community for bug reporting. Even more fixes/improvements were merged from 5.1 branch. While we continue to work on stabilization, we plan to add following features before transition to beta stage: Client side sorting Advanced editor for text fields of recordset Saving/retrieving BLOB values Option to propagate changes ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.2.2 ALPHA Out

The MySQL Workbench team announces the availability of version 5.2.2 - the 3rd ALPHA release - of our database development tool. Since the last alpha release, several bugs has been fixed and fixes from the 5.1 branch were also included. No major new features are included in this version, but upgrade from previous versions of Workbench 5.2 is recommended. However, please note that this is still an ALPHA release of Workbench 5.2 For database modeling use, please consider using the latest version of Workbench 5.1 For a QuickTour of the latest Query Browser features, see:  http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/?page_id=236 The files for different platforms have been pushed to our main server and will be globally available on our mirrors during the next hours. Please get your copy form our Download page: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.2.html General infos, including build instructions for Linux, on our Developer Central site at ...

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Auto-create relationships for MyISAM tables in MySQL Workbench

Over a chat on the #workbench IRC channel, Collin Cusce has written a handy little Lua script to automatically create relationships (through foreign keys) for his reverse engineered database. Reverse engineering the DB to import tables into a diagram was easy, but their database used no "hard" foreign keys and an ER diagram without relationships wouldn't be of much use. So one option would be to individually connect each foreign key column pair by hand, using the relationship picking tool . But doing that for the thirty-something tables in the database would be too much work and something could be overlooked and left out. The other option would be to automate that, since all such foreign keys followed a naming convention like ...

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Time To Upgrade – MySQL Workbench 5.1 Is Here on Win, Mac & Linux

We just announced the latest MySQL Workbench 5.1 release, 5.1.16. This release was labeled GA, which means that everybody using WB 5.0 or an earlier version of WB 5.1 is recommended update to WB 5.1.16. We are now putting our main focus on the WB 5.1 branch and will continue to provide rapid update releases during the next months. Please report any hidden issues you may still find on our bug-tracker bugs.mysql.com so we can take care of those quickly. After the dust settles we will also continue to work on WB 5.2 in parallel, to give you query & administrative functionality within a single, powerful but easy to use tool. Happy schema designing with MySQL Workbench 5.1!

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MySQL Workbench 5.1 Reaches GA

We're proud to announce the first General Availability build of our database development tool MySQL Workbench. Version 5.1.16 is now available on our download-servers. On our final run towards GA release of version 5.1 we managed to close 13 bugs and a couple of small issues still found in our previous release. Details on latest changes can be found on our Releases Page. Starting with this release, we recommend to switch from your Workbench 5.0 installation right to the new release (if you haven't yet) - 5.1 is now our current stable release. The files for different platforms have been pushed to our main server and will be globally available on our mirrors during the next hours. Please get your copy ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.1.15 RC3 Released

We're proud to announce the availability of our 3rd Release Candidate of MySQL Workbench 5.1. This is the last Release Candidate before 5.1 is released as GA. We keep optimizing and improving the functionality and brushing the last rough corners to be able to provide a shiny Workbench 5.1 GA next week. You can find the details as always on this release on our Releases Page. Head right over to our Download page to give this last development build a try: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.1.html If you encounter any problems, please report them to our bugtracker. Feel free to contact us any time on IRC (irc.freenode.net, #workbench) for any questions or infos. - The Workbench Team

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MySQL Workbench 5.1.14 RC2 Online

We've just released the second RC of the cross-platform version of MySQL Workbench. Version 5.1.14 is now available for download. We closed 5 bugs since last week and worked on more refinements. For the complete list of changes please take a look at our Releases Page. Please head over to our Download page to give this release a try: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.1.html End of next week we are going to build another RC release before we're preparing the final GA release of Version 5.1. If you find bugs, please post it to our bugtracker. Feel free to contact us on IRC (irc.freenode.net, #workbench) for any questions or infos. - The Workbench Team

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MySQL Workbench 5.1 Reaches RC Quality

We are proud to announce the release our first Release Candidate of Workbench 5.1. After publishing another alpha version of Workbench 5.2 (the version that will include querying and administration) we have concentrated on getting 5.1 closer to GA. We have fixed 45 bugs since our last beta release and the last tweaks planned for the final product are in place now. We are now tightening our release circle while moving closer to the planned GA date of the 5.1 version. We will release two additional Release Candidates at the end of upcoming two weeks and plan to complete the final GA build by the end of June - on all our major platforms. Please head over to our Download page to ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.2 Querying Quick-Tour

For anybody interested in trying out our new MySQL Workbench 5.2 Alpha2 I have prepared a short Quick-Tour that will show you the most important steps to successfully use WB to query your databases. Manage Your Connections MySQL Workbench 5.2 introduces a new Home Page that makes it very easy to access all your Database Connections and EER Models. It features the Workbench Central Panel, the Database Connections Panel and the Model Files Panel. In order to be able to connect to your  MySQL server you have to create a new Database Connection so MySQL Workbench knows about your server instance. Follow the steps shown below to create your first Database Connection. Click on the screen shot to see it at full size. Connecting to ...

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