Dear MySQL users,
The MySQL Workbench team announces availability of version 6.1.7
of its
flagship product. MySQL Workbench 6.1.7 is a periodic maintenance
release
including 17 bug fixes. Additionally, the supported Linux
distribution list has been
refreshed. Users of the product are recommended to upgrade to
this version.
MySQL Workbench 6.1
With over 30 new features, this version has many
significant
enhancements focusing on real-time performance assessment and
analysis
from the SQL statement level to server internals and file IO. You
can
see this from additions to the SQL Editor as well as new
dashboard
visualization and reporting that take advantage of MySQL Server
5.6
and 5.7 Performance Schema, and enhancements to the MySQL Explain
Plans.
Additionally Workbench 6.1 is leveraging work from various
teammates in
MySQL Engineering by introducing a schema called “SYS” that
provides
simplified views on Performance Schema, Information Schema, and
other
areas.
Special thanks to the server optimizer team, server runtime team,
and Mark
Leith. For Oracle DBAs MySQL SYS is similar to the V$ catalog
views, and
MSSQL folks its like DMVs (Dynamic Management Views).
MySQL Workbench 6.1 includes:
* Improved drag and drop support in the Home screen and SQL
Editor
* Visual Explain 2. The Visual Explain feature was revamped and
is now
easier to read and interpret. You can also get the traditional
tabular
explain output from within the same interface.
* Performance Dashboard. A graphical representation of some key
statistics
from the server status, gives you a bird’s eye view of the status
of key
server subsystems.
* For advanced users, Performance Schema Instrumentation. A GUI
for
configuring the Performance Schema in detail, for advanced
users.
* Performance Schema based reporting. Gives insight into the
operation
of the server through many high-level reports.
* New query result view. Get more information about queries you
execute,
such as information about the fields in your result set and key
performance
statistics from your query (timing, index usage, number of rows
scanned,
joins etc).
* Form Editor for resultsets. In addition to the result grid, you
can now
edit records row by row in a form style editor.
* Table Inspector. Similar to the Schema Inspector, view
detailed
information from tables. A streamlined interface for creating
indexes is
also included.
* Support for the Windows accessibility API and Windows high
contrast
color schemes. A new high contrast theme has been
introduced.
* And more.
More than 60 enhancement requests and bugs reported by users have
also been
addressed, providing performance, usability and stability
improvements
across the board.
For the full list of bugs fixed in this revision, visit
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/workbench/en/changes-6-1.html
For discussion, join the MySQL Workbench Forums:
http://forums.mysql.com/index.php?151
Download MySQL Workbench 6.1.7 now, for Windows, Mac OS X 10.6+,
Oracle
Linux 6, Fedora 20, Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 14.04 or
sources,
from:
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/workbench/
In Windows, you can also use the integrated MySQL Installer to
update
MySQL Workbench and other MySQL products.
Quick links:
-http://mysqlworkbench.org/
- Download:http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/workbench/
- Bugs:http://bugs.mysql.com
- Forums:http://forums.mysql.com/index.php?151