Announcing a new beta 10 release of MySQL Workbench. Version 5.2.20 includes new fixes for 49 bugs (P1 – 1, P2 – 7 , P3 – 39, P4 – 2)

A few new tips you might try. Some have been in the last 2 betas – but in case you haven’t noticed:

1. Once connected in SQL Editor – type control-T or command-T to add a new editor Tab
2. In the SQL Editor run a select. Highlight a cell (one with an image blob preferably) and right click (or command click) and select “Open Value in Viewer” or another option.
3. In a results set — select multiple rows — right click and “copy row content”
4. Click on snippets. Click on the selector and look at DDL and DML lists.
5. Add your own snippets selection drop down option by creating an empty file in the snippets folder and re-opening Workbench.

For example on Windows …

C:\Documents and Settings\<your …

We were honored to give a closing keynote talk at MySQL Conference & Expo 2010, and wanted to share the video with you. Why start a new database company? What is RethinkDB all about? What will database technology look like twenty years from now? In this talk we explore these questions, present some of the exciting technology we’ve been developing at RethinkDB, and show how it fits into our larger vision of what database systems may look like in the future.

Just one week after the latest Beta we are now releasing the next followup build WB 5.2.19 that again fixes a number of issues found in the last Betas. Since beta 8 we were able to close another 32 bugs (P1 – 2, P2 – 4 , P3 – 26).

A big “thank you” to all the people who have been testing MySQL Workbench 5.2 alphas and betas and taking the time to file bugs and provide valuable feedback.

MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta 5 provides:

1. Data Modeling
2. Query (upgrade from MySQL Query Browser)
3. Admin (upgrade from MySQL Administrator)

if you are a current user of MySQL Query Browser or MySQL Administrator, we look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are delivering in a single unified MySQL Workbench

As always, you will find binaries for the various platforms on our download pages.

Please get your copy from our Download

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We’re proud to announce Beta 8 of MySQL Workbench 5.2.
Since beta 7 we have fixed additional bugs as well as put in some improvements requested by the community so we decided to pack up another release for you to check out. This Beta includes fixes for 35 bugs (P1 – 1, P2 – 10 , P3 – 24)

Also we have added new HUD-style (FADE IN) UI elements to show wait-times while WB is setting up connections (currentlz windows only, will be added to linux/mac in next release).

Additionally we have added Connection-/Instance-sorting, now you can go to the connection/instance manager and sort using up/down buttons.

For more on these new features check out http://wb.mysql.com

A big “thank you” to all the people who have been testing MySQL Workbench 5.2 alphas and betas and taking the time to file bugs and provide valuable feedback. We have fixed many bugs since last release and worked on some other details as …

We are proud to announce Beta 7 (5.2.17).
As you will see, for Beta 7 we focused on UI and usability.

This Beta includes:

• Fixes for 69 bugs.
  • P1 -4, P2 – 21 , P3 – 41 and P4 – 3.
• New Windows UI components
• New “look” for windows version
• Modern style tab-controls
• New UI, toolbars and sidebar-placements
• Easier to use
• Improved look and feel
• Distinct User Snippets
• Pre-Loaded DML and DDL Snippet Libraries
• SQL Editor
  • All DDL Statements for changes are available.
  • Results menu bar
• In Output
  • added Details Pane for Action and Message

And there’s more, so check it out and see for yourself.

For more on these new features check out …

2010 will be an incredibly exciting year for database technology. The amount of stored information has long been increasing exponentially, presenting unprecedented challenges for modern technology companies. Dropping RAM prices and affordable multicore CPUs have drastically changed the hardware profile of a typical server machine from what it was only five years ago. The emergence of solid-state drives is about to revolutionize database systems, enabling new kinds of applications we can barely envision today.

The database technology we have been using for over four decades is about to become obsolete. At RethinkDB, we’re redesigning databases from the ground up to meet modern data management demands, and to take advantage of the latest advances in hardware. We’re working to breathe new life into database technology, from the low level intricacies of database internals, to high level data access technology.

To help us build a …

April Fools! We aren’t switching to Lisp (as much as we love the language). We couldn’t resist having a bit of fun.

Over the past few months we’ve had many architectural discussions about the future of database technology. It quickly became apparent to us that C++, the language we used to develop RethinkDB, is not sufficiently expressive to build the next-generation database product. We realized that in order to design the database system of the future, we need to use a programming language of the future as well.

We did a quick survey of programming languages and eventually narrowed down our choices to Erlang, Haskell, and Common Lisp. Two years ago, Damien Katz of CouchDB laid out the reasons why Erlang is a poor choice for database products. Many of his arguments resonated with us, and we made a wise decision not to …

We have published a new beta release of Version 5.2.16 Workbench Beta 6 build includes fixes for 67 bugs.

In Beta 6 we’ve also responded to great community ideas and feedback with various new convenience and security features:

1. Saving your profile/connection passwords in OSX keychain, gnome-keyring or – for windows – in a encrypted password-vault-file.
2. New rapid development features for generating complete SQL Select/DML statements or names for selected objects in Query Editor to either the query area or clipboard.
3. New in the Windows version (coming to Mac and Linux soon) the ability to set a preference for the placement of the sidebar in the Query Editor (left or right side.)
4. And last but not least, we put a good bit of focus on optimizing and stabilizing the administrator components.

We want to thank all the people who have been testing MySQL Workbench 5.2 alphas …

Dear MySQL Users,

Its only been a week since last release, and already the MySQL Workbench Team has a 5.2 beta 5 ready. This Workbench Beta 5 build includes fixes for 26 bugs – 5 P1, 8 P2, 9 P3 and 4 P4.

We want to thank all the people who have been testing MySQL Workbench 5.2 alphas and betas and taking the time to file bugs and provide valuable feedback. We have fixed many bugs since last release and worked on some other details as well.
MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta 5 provides:

1. Data Modeling
2. Query (upgrade from MySQL Query Browser)
3. Admin (upgrade from MySQL Administrator)

If you are a current user of MySQL Query Browser or MySQL Administrator, we look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are delivering in a single unified MySQL Workbench

As always, you will find binaries for the various platforms on our download pages.

Please get …

We are proud to announce the 4th public Beta of MySQL Workbench 5.2.

We want to thank all the people who have been testing MySQL Workbench 5.2 alphas and betas and taking the time to file bugs and provide valuable feedback. We have fixed many bugs since last release and worked on some other details as well. Also, there is new platform included with this beta – CentOS 5.4 Linux Packages (RPMs)
NOTE: We have a known issue with Centos SSH Tunnel support that we are working on so avoid that for now.

This build includes fixes for 65 bugs – 7 P1, 26 P2 and 32 P3.

MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta 3 provides:

1. Data Modeling
2. Query (upgrade from MySQL Query Browser)
3. Admin (upgrade from MySQL Administrator)

If you are a current user of MySQL Query Browser or MySQL Administrator, we look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are delivering in a …