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MySQL for Excel 1.3.7 has been released
Posted on May 25, 2017 by MySQL Release Engineering
Category: Release Announcements
Tags: mysql-on-windows, excel

Dear MySQL users,

The MySQL Windows Experience Team is proud to announce the release of MySQL for Excel version 1.3.7. This is a maintenance release for 1.3.x. It can be used for production environments.

MySQL for Excel is an application plug-in enabling data analysts to very easily access and manipulate MySQL data within Microsoft Excel. It enables you to directly work with a MySQL database from within Microsoft Excel so you can easily do tasks such as:

  • Importing MySQL data into Excel
  • Exporting Excel data directly into MySQL to a new or existing table
  • Editing MySQL data directly within Excel

MySQL for Excel is installed using the MySQL Installer for Windows.The MySQL Installer comes in 2 versions:

  • Full which includes a complete set of MySQL products with their binaries included in the download.
  • Web (network install) which will just pull the MySQL for Excel over the web and install it when run.

You can download MySQL Installer from our official Downloads page at http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/installer/

The MySQL for Excel product can also be downloaded by using the product standalone installer found at this link: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/windows/excel/

Changes in MySQL for Excel 1.3.7 (2017-05-24)

Functionality Added or Changed

  • The way MySQL for Excel shares data-editing sessions among users and between computers was improved. (Bug #25509085, Bug #73314)
  • The Append Excel Data to Table operation was updated with new advanced options to manage the behavior of rows containing unique key values that are duplicates of those in the database. (Bug #25479653, Bug #83801)
  • Added a new global option that specifies how to format spatial data as text: Well-Known Text, Keyhole Markup Language, Geography Markup Language, or GeoJSON. (Bug #22081263)
  • Enhanced the logic that migrates stored MySQL connections to the MySQL Workbench connections.xml file. In previous versions, the migration was offered and if not done at that moment, the dialog to migrate was shown every time MySQL for Excel was launched. There was no way to choose to continue storing MySQL connections in the MySQL for Excel configuration folder, instead of merging them with MySQL Workbench. Now, the Connections Migration dialog offers a way to postpone the migration by one hour, one day, one week, one month, or indefinitely. If the migration is postponed, the dialog is shown again after that time elapses. If the migration is postponed indefinitely, then an option is added to the Options dialog that permits the migration of connections to be done manually, as long as MySQL Workbench is installed.
  • Support for MySQL Fabric was removed.

Bugs Fixed

  • SSL connections when created with MySQL Workbench should be inactive within MySQL for Excel, which does not support SSL connections. (Bug #25962564)
  • Selecting a schema containing at least one stored procedure for a MySQL 8.0 or 8.1 connection emitted an error. (Bug #25962347)
  • Empty string values within Excel column data that were used in an export or append-data operation caused the generated SQL queries to have no value, instead of an empty value corresponding to the data type of the target column (for example: 0 for Integer; false for Bool if the column does not allow NULL values, or NULL otherwise). (Bug #25509312, Bug #84851)
  • MySQL data could not be refreshed or edited directly in an Excel worksheet by different users or from different computers, which reduced the ability to share data-editing sessions among users or between computers. This fix alters the way connection information is stored by migrating the connection details for related import and edit-data operations from the user settings file to the XML parts of a workbook when the workbook is opened, and if the workbook supports XML parts and the connection information related to that workbook is found in the user settings file. (Bug #25509085, Bug #73314)
  • User-selected data types that replaced the detected values of a column were lost when the First Row Contains Column Names check box was selected or deselected in preparation for an export-data operation. This fix retains the selected value when the data type is set manually to override the automatically detected type and the check box is selected or deselected. It further adds a new action to reset the column back to automatic detection. (Bug #25492772, Bug #84802)
  • A portion of the preview area that should be displayed during import, export, and append data operations was concealed by other fields. (Bug #25325457, Bug #84351)
  • Attempting to refresh MySQL data in an Excel worksheet while the MySQL for Excel task pane was closed generated an error. (Bug #25301136, Bug #84291)
  • Edit-data operations in which the SQL query used optimistic updates, and the data contained empty strings, produced errors during the commit to MySQL. Enhanced mapping of character sets and clearer error-message text were added to identify the use of client character sets that are unsupported in MySQL. (Bug #25236221, Bug #76287)
  • A mismatch between the current schema and the current connection caused the refresh action to fail when a worksheet with imported data was created as an Excel table, saved, closed, and then reopened. (Bug #25233309, Bug #84154)
  • Inactive connections and unsaved passwords caused the refresh action to generate errors for worksheets with imported MySQL data in Excel tables. (Bug #25227226, Bug #84136)
  • Excel worksheets that had currency values with comma separators produced errors when the data was exported to a MySQL table. (Bug #25214984, Bug #84049)
  • MySQL connection passwords were not saved to the secure password vault and produced a password request every time an existing connection was opened. (Bug #25108196, Bug #83855)
  • Excel cells containing empty strings, which are not actually blank, generated errors with export, append, or edit data operations. With this fix, an empty string is now equivalent to a blank cell. (Bug #24431935, Bug #82497)
  • Although the Refresh All action in the Data ribbon refreshed all MySQL connections, it did not refresh the other connections associated with a workbook when the MySQL for Excel add-in was enabled. (Bug #23605635, Bug #81901)
  • Clearing numeric parameter values within a stored procedure, or setting any of the initial values to NULL, during an Import MySQL Data operation emitted an error. (Bug #23281495, Bug #81417)
  • Type TinyInt was mapped as type Bool when data was imported to Excel from MySQL. (Bug #23022665, Bug #80880)
  • MySQL columns of type DATE and DATETIME produced errors during import-data operations. This fix improves the way MySQL for Excel handles these types for all operations: import data, export data, append data, and edit data. (Bug #22627266, Bug #80139)
  • Excel data of type Date could not be exported to a MySQL table. (Bug #22585674, Bug #80079)
  • Tables and views imported to Excel without the Include Column Names as Headers option first being selected omitted the expected default column names (Column1, Column2, and so on). (Bug #22373140)
  • Creating a new schema with the binary – binary collation produced an error. (Bug #22371690)
  • Saved edit-data sessions could not be restored after a workbook was closed and then reopened. (Bug #22138958)
  • Connection sharing between MySQL for Excel and MySQL Workbench resulted in some incorrect connection information being passed to the MySQL Server Connection dialog. (Bug #22079779)
  • The default schema of the current MySQL connection changed unexpectedly when a table in a different schema was edited. (Bug #22074426)
  • With a cursor positioned at the bottom of a worksheet and with the Add Summary Fields check box selected, the import-data operation failed despite having enough space to fill the cells. (Bug #19652840)

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