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.

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!

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 form our Download page:

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

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

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 get the new release and give it a try:

We’re proud to announce the availability of the 2nd alpha-version of MSQL Workbench 5.2. As you may already know, this is the youngest member of the workbench-family and also the version that adds another role - the one of the database-querying-tool - to the application. There have been major enhancements - not only to the querying part - since we released the first alpha version. Please keep in mind that this is still an alpha version and it’s not recommended for use in a production environment. While most parts of the final application are already in place there are still a few things left to implement or details subject to change. Please download the program, take it for a test-drive and tell us what you think.

Source code and binary packages of MySQL Workbench 5.2.1 OSS for Windows, Mac OS X Leopard and some Linux distributions are freely available for download at:

The MySQL Workbench team would like to announce the availability of the first Alpha release of MySQL Workbench 5.2.

The major new feature in MySQL Workbench 5.2 is the SQL IDE, which offers the ability to edit and execute queries on MySQL servers. The new SQL query editor, based on the Open Source Scintilla text editor component, offers full syntax highlighting and other advanced editing features. The SQL editor was also extended to perform live syntax checking, detecting and indicating any syntax errors in your SQL code even before executing them. The IDE also provides ability to browse and edit the contents of individual table rows.

Note, however, that as this is a development version, there are known and unknown issues that might prevent the smooth use of the application. Backup your models often and before opening them with this version as the file

After a turbulent week, where a few of our team were presenting workbench at this years MySQL Users Conference, we have finally uploaded the next beta packages for you to try. We’ve further improved the handling of the application. The problem with the missing table editor in the mac package is fixed in this release as well.

Please grab the package of your choice at our download page and give it a try.

For those attending the MySQL Conference & Expo and interested in database schema design, please make sure to register for our free Workshops. We will not only have guru Mike Hillyer teaching everything essential you need to know about schema design, but also do lots of hands-on training with MySQL Workbench.

In addition you will get a Sneak Peak of the feature set that will be implemented in the next versions of MySQL Workbench. Let me share a few screenshots to grab your attention.

If you think you recognize what you see here and can guess the functionality, please post your speculations in the

We have finally uploaded the next beta packages of our upcoming database design tool. We have fixed several bugs and added some enhancements that to the Interface. There’s a new editor for defining/maintaining User Defined Datatypes.

There are binary-packages for Windows, Mac OS X Leopard and Linux (Ubuntu and Fedora) as well as the zipped sources for building Workbench yourself. If you experience problems please let us know by filing bugs at http://bugs.mysql.com or contact us directly on via irc-client on irc.freenode.net channel #workbench.
Thank you all for your feedback and contribution. Fetch the new packages at our main download page and give it another try.

Everybody attending the MySQL Users Conference this year please mark your calenders! This is your chance to become a MySQL schema design expert as well as learn how to use Workbench from the experts.

We are going to do a free Workshop called “Introduction to Data Modeling with MySQL Workbench” on Tuesday - Thursday 3 - 4:30 PM in the Santa Clara Ballroom.

Some of the topics that will be covered:

• Database Schema Design
  • Get familiar with common concepts of database schema design
  • Learn to avoid typical mistakes (do-s & don’t-s)
  • Tricks how to resolve typical problems
  • Performance-tune your schemata

• MySQL Workbench
  • Get introduced to MySQL Workbench
  • Learn how to use MySQL Workbench in real world scenarios
  • Make use

If you are a Mac developer, interested in a new professional challenge and like what we have done with MySQL Workbench so far, please consider applying for our open position in the Workbench team.We are looking for an Objective-C / UI coding wunderkind who is also not easily scared by C++.

You can be located anywhere around the world, only hard requirements are that you are comfortable with working from home, have a decent internet connection and are not too far from an airport.We would be happy to have you on the team.

More details about the job below. To speed up the hire process please send your CV to workbench@sun.com. We are preferring people with open source background so please do not forget to include links to your open source work.

Job Summary:

Sun Microsystems is looking for a strong Mac UI developer with in-depth knowledge of

We are proud to announce the release of the first official Beta of MySQL Workbench 5.1, the next highly anticipated version of our database GUI tool - MySQL Workbench. For the first time we are making an announcement for all our major platforms at the same time: OSX, Linux and Windows.

MySQL Workbench 5.1 has some major improvement over our current 5.0 release, many of them might not be that visible when looking at the UI only. We did a major overhaul under the hood in addition to enhance usability and adding some features. On top of it, we moved some features to 5.1 OSS, that were only available in SE edition for 5.0 (like different notation styles i.e.). The editors have been tuned to startup more quickly, and some of them also got face lifted. All Wizards have been revamped using our new mForms library.

Please keep in mind that this is the first beta release of MySQL Workbench 5.1, and

Our download servers have just been loaded with the latest version of our current GA version of MySQL Workbench 5.0. We managed to close 27 bugs for this release. While 10 were actually fixed in code, we also re-validated many reports in our bug-DB and found 17 bug-reports which could be closed
as the reported issue has been fixed in the meantime. We also added some shortcut-keys to the wizard interfaces - it’s now possible to flip through the wizard pages (next, cancel, back) using shortcut key-combinations.

Please hop right to the download page and fetch the new release.

Last week we had a team meeting, where we could discuss and plan various issues and ideas for current and upcoming versions of our project.

But finally it’s time to publish new material to show what we were up to in the past weeks. We have our first dual-platform-release of the MySQL Workbench 5.1.7 alpha version.

Please note, that in terms of UI linux- and OSX- version aren’t yet on the same level of completeness. While we are nearly done having all features onboard for the linux-build, we still have some more checkmarks to fill on the osx checklist - but we are catching up. Nevertheless it’s the same codebase - especially the backend-code is the same for all platforms.

Some of you might be missing a release - 5.1.6 for Linux. No, you didn’t miss an announcement: For the purpose of unifying the releases for Linux and mac we simply didn’t publish 5.1.6 last

We are proud to announce that MySQL Workbench has won the Developer.com’s Product of the Year 2009 voting in the category “Database Tool”. 

We would like to thank all our customers and users who have voted in favor of our application. This reflects the very positive feedback we get when talking to people about MySQL Workbench.

With the upcoming support for Linux & Mac and the resounding feedback from this developer community we hope to grow the support and usage of the product even further.

If you want to see MySQL Workbench in