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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MySQL Workbench Webseminar

To all people, interested to see a presentation/live demo of MySQL Workbench 5.1 and 5.2 - you're welcome to join the MySQL Workbench Web-Seminar, held tomorrow, May 27th at 15:00 CET. Important side-note: it's held in German! For about 45 minutes I will walk you through various parts of the application and show many features live from my screen: Overview of the interface How to create tables and other objects Layouting objects on the canvas Show how to get your model to the database (and back) Take a quick look into the scripting interface See the database querying of upcoming 5.2 in action Every participant will be able to ask questions via chat during the presentation and subsequently there will be a Q&A for about 15 mins. The ...

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MySQL Workbench replacing MySQL Query Browser

Our lastest Alpha2 release of MySQL Workbench 5.2 made it pretty clear that one of our main goals for WB 5.2 is to replace the old MySQL Query Browser (QB) tool. Even this Alpha2 release already covers most of the essential QB functionality, while at the same time removes some of the biggest limitations that the old QB tool suffers from. Here is a short list of the most important features. MySQL Workbench 5.2 Features replacing QB Database Connection management SQL statement editor with syntax highlighting Edit multiple statements at the same time (scripts) Editable result sets for table data Database Schema browsing New MySQL Workbench 5.2 Features Intuitive Database Connection listing on Home page and direct access to SQL Editor Ability to open SQL Editors for many different connections ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.2.1 Alpha Available

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 ...

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MySQL Workbench speaks SQLite

As many of you already know, MySQL Workbench offers powerful scripting support and a plugin interface that allows anybody to extend the application or add new functionality. The latest addition to the WB plugin family has been written by Thomas Henlich. It features SQLite compatible SQL export of your Workbench models. Download it from his blog and please provide feedback on the forums. Thomas Henlich's Blog Forum discussion We are working on improving the scripting support in WB 5.2 and finally adding proper documentation so even more people can contribute.

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