MySQL Workbench Manual
On OS X, the multiple object selector was disabled in the model overview. (Bug #22265928)
On Linux, Fedora 23 is now supported. (Bug #22146526, Bug #79101)
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The "mysql_old_password" protocol is no longer supported by Workbench, as its support was removed in MySQL Server 5.7. For this reason, the Use the old authentication protocol option was removed. That option did not function in Workbench 6.3.5.
For information about updating a user's password from the old to new format, see Updating Old Authentication Protocol Passwords. (Bug #22093548, Bug #78947)
Management operations when using an SSH MySQL Server connection that authenticated using a password (and not SSH keys) would not function. (Bug #22047602)
The , option no longer requires an open MySQL connection. (Bug #21879064)
The MySQL Firewall tab is now disabled when the Firewall user is being created. (Bug #21150265)
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The results grid remained empty after executing SELECT queries. A new GTK2 prerequisite was added, which is checked by the Yum repository. This affected Enterprise Linux variants, such as the Oracle Linux and CentOS distributions.
This fix was released (pushed) after version 6.3.6 was initially released. Current users of 6.3.6 must reinstall Workbench. (Bug #22376818, Bug #79495)
Setting the MySQL Firewall mode to "PROTECTING" for a user without defined rules would emit an unhandled exception. (Bug #22294174)
Improvements were made to the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 migration wizard. (Bug #22271597)
On OS X, the MySQL Firewall management option was missing from the commercial edition builds. (Bug #22270244)
After editing the code of a routine and closing the routine editor, the changed routine was duplicated instead of applying the changes to the original routine object. (Bug #22269199)
The JSON Data Field Value Editor functionality was improved, and bugs were fixed. Workbench 6.3.5 had known limitations. (Bug #22265214, Bug #22337871)
On Linux, the MySQL Firewall installation checked the path
/usr/share/instead of/usr/share/mysql/. (Bug #22263249)For Online Backup, the function would not create the MySQL Enterprise Backup user account. (Bug #22258080)
The SSL results page listed the "-" character as "_" for the SSL certificate file names. (Bug #22243210)
Exporting a database from the Data Export wizard did not function with remote connections. (Bug #22233795)
The libzip library was updated; Workbench can now be installed on Ubuntu 15.10. (Bug #22230416, Bug #79320)
After initially altering a table using the Alter Table, subsequent alterations to the same table in the same screen, without having closed the screen, would not always complete, as the previous alterations were applied again. For example, it might attempt to add a column that was already added, or remove a column that was already deleted. (Bug #22202325, Bug #79265)
Workbench did not recognize identifiers with a leading digit if it was preceded by a dot. (Bug #22193758, Bug #79247)
After creating a table, editing the table in the same tab would yield an error after clicking . (Bug #22178996, Bug #79199)
Clicking a second time while performing an Alter Table operation would emit a "No Changes Detected" message, despite changes being present. (Bug #22169405, Bug #79164)
The MySQL connection search field's background and text were both white, making it difficult to decipher. (Bug #22168697, Bug #79159)
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On Windows 10, and with resolutions of 1366x768 and below, the default table editor window did not show the table columns.
As a workaround, the output pane could be resized or hidden. (Bug #22168049, Bug #79160)
The "BY" keyword is now supported. (Bug #22151204, Bug #79121)
The MySQL Enterprise Backup binary can now be configured per MySQL connection, to match the correct version needed by the connected MySQL server. Before, only one MySQL Enterprise Backup binary could be used for all connections. (Bug #22143844, Bug #79108)
Compiling Workbench now requires Connector/C++ 1.1.7 or higher, as this is the first Connector/C++ release that supports JSON. (Bug #22141269, Bug #79054)
The Error Logs management tab showed a MySQL Firewall button within the community edition. (Bug #22139172, Bug #79082)
On the Server Logs management tab, the and options were switched. (Bug #22139172, Bug #79082)
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Attempting to install MySQL Enterprise Firewall would fail with the following error: "Unhandled exception: type object 'FileUtils' has no attribute 'check_file_readable'".
As a workaround, execute a
xyz_install_firewall.sql The Alter Table tool did not function with partitioned tables. (Bug #22135172, Bug #79070)
The preference windows could not be resized. (Bug #22121297, Bug #79022)
The USE statement result was not preserved in the SQL editor, which sometimes led to unknown errors when executing multiple statements. (Bug #22106190, Bug #78985)
After placing a new table on an EER diagram, and double-clicking on the new table, the column fields were hidden. (Bug #22090203, Bug #78931)
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"ALTER PROCEDURE" changes were not detected by Workbench 6.3.5.
As a workaround, the SQL Editor could be used to decorate the "CREATE PROCEDURE" code with delimiters. (Bug #22084956, Bug #78924)
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Workbench 6.3.5 would fail to export MySQL Server 5.6 and below, due to changes present in MySQL Server 5.7.
As a workaround, a MySQL 5.6 version of mysqldump could be used. (Bug #22060729)
The modeling table editor did not list the JSON data type in the dropdown select list, nor did it accept it manually. Importing a JSON column from a live database worked, but creating/assigning the JSON type in the editor was not possible. (Bug #22060699, Bug #22116098, Bug #79012)
Reverse Engineering a database that contained JSON data (columns) failed, and crashed Workbench. (Bug #22053512)
The Validate option was missing from the JSON field value's editor. (Bug #22052957)
The Grid and Tree tabs would interfere with each other in the JSON Data Field Value Editor. (Bug #22052934)
When using a remote connection, clicking the wrench icon next to a table name in the object browser would cause a crash. (Bug #22052557)
From , , importing a script would close the diagram instead of creating the model. (Bug #22048218)
The MySQL Firewall installation wizard did not function. (Bug #22047561)
The data migration wizard did not always function with BLOB data. (Bug #22046141)
On Linux, with the commercial edition, the Online Backup log window's status log would not always update. (Bug #22027353)
Attempting to add comments to stored procedures would fail with invalid syntax errors. (Bug #21941439, Bug #78683)
The Action Output auto-scrolling failed to function after clicking inside the action log. (Bug #21930774, Bug #78648)
The Table Data Import wizard failed to import large integers. They are now properly detected and assigned as
BIGINT. (Bug #21896324)Whitespace is now trimmed from the MySQL Connection fields. (Bug #21865018, Bug #78471)
With MySQL Server 5.7.8+ connections, the login name (username) can now be 32 characters in length. (Bug #21848065)
The action would insert extra (repeated) column names. (Bug #21760124, Bug #78280)
The SYS Schema could not be installed using a remote MySQL Server connection. (Bug #21661235)
The
SHOW GRANTSstatement would be seen as invalid syntax. (Bug #21520434, Bug #77868)Generated columns(a feature added in MySQL 5.7) were not fully supported in the SQL editor, Table Editor, nor Modeling interface. (Bug #21505058, Bug #77837)
The bundled OpenSSL library was upgraded to version 1.0.1p. (Bug #21438134)
When adding stored procedures to a Routine Group, Workbench would sometimes append "_SYNTAX_ERROR" to the procedures. (Bug #21174637, Bug #77197)
Several behavioral improvements were made to Workbench for when the MySQL Server connection is down. (Bug #21131790)
SQL auto-completion would sometimes show unavailable columns. (Bug #21046868, Bug #76954)
MySQL Workbench sometimes wrongly detected a syntax error when creating stored procedures in the SQL editor. (Bug #21031036, Bug #76934)
Including a model (via , ) generated a window that was too small. (Bug #20956593)
When editing a MySQL Server connection, pressing Enter under Server Connection, Advanced, Others, could shutdown Workbench. (Bug #20930014)
On Windows, the Vertical Output tab failed to close. (Bug #20834266, Bug #76590)
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performance_schema_max_sql_text_lengthandmax_digest_lengthoptions were not displayed under the Options File tab. These variables dictate how queries under Statement Analysis are truncated. (Bug #20671061, Bug #76223)Resizing the New Job window in the Online Backup management tool would show a floating text box. (Bug #20631601, Bug #76110)
On Fedora 21, and did not function due to an underlining Fedora 21 glib issue. (Bug #20609499, Bug #76066)
On OS X with multiple displays present, the SQL auto-complete box would always show on the main display, even if Workbench was on the secondary display. The underlining Scintilla library was updated to solve this problem. (Bug #20341650, Bug #75460)
Workbench would report SQL syntax errors for subqueries using multiple parentheses. (Bug #20330840, Bug #75462)
Saving a model file with non-ASCII characters in the name would crash Workbench, and renaming a file using non-ASCII characters would rename the file using the .bak file extension. (Bug #20328493, Bug #75455)
On Windows, the MySQL Workbench application is now associated to files with the
.sqlextension. (Bug #20326058, Bug #75453)Scheduled incremental backups would not function if the file path contained spaces. (Bug #20254772, Bug #75092)
The Check for Update functionality did not detect newer Workbench versions for the commercial edition. (Bug #20167571, Bug #75132)
With incremental backups, TTS usage was attempted with the Use Transportable Tablespaces option disabled. This resulted in an error. (Bug #20098272)
Workbench's Alter Table functionality did not detect changes to fractional seconds. (Bug #19774377, Bug #74254)
The Forward Engineering SQL output sometimes contained a BOM character. (Bug #19495516, Bug #73693)