MySQL Workbench 5.1.4 Alpha Available

We've packaged another alpha-version of our current work-in-progress version of workbench - version 5.1.4. We've added more features, fixed problems and started to build packages for Fedora Core 9 along with our binaries for Ubuntu 8.04. MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.4 Alpha - Linux Source Tar Ball ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4alpha.tar.gz ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4alpha.tar.gz.md5 Binaries for Fedora Core 9 ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4-1fc9.i386.rpm ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4-1fc9.i386.rpm.md5 Source Packages for Fedora Core 9 ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4-1fc9.src.rpm ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.4-1fc9.src.rpm.md5 Binaries/Sources for Ubuntu 8.04 Add following 2 lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ binary/ deb-src ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/ubuntu/ source/ To download and install the binary use the command > apt-get update followed by > apt-get install mysql-workbench Build instructions for Ubuntu 8.04 http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/?page_id=152 Please grab a package (either a bin for your distro or the source pkg to build it yourself) and give it a shot. But keep in mind that this is an alpha build, so don't use it ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.0.27 Ready for Download

We have finished the next release of MySQL Workbench 5.0 GA, 5.0.27. It features a number of bugs fixed, especially in the synchronization code, a huge improvement in terms of memory usage and an updated layer-pane, listing all objects on a diagram-canvas - now including conections too (this allows easy selection of hidden objects). Use the Update-function from the help menu or head over to the download pages to get your copy: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/5.0.html Please let us know if bigger models now load faster and if you are seeing an improved performance of the canvas.

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A Utility Library for MySQL Workbench

Here is a small library with various helpful Lua functions for scripts and plugins for Workbench, making it easier to write your own plugins for exporting to some external format, generating reports etc. The library is meant for Workbench 5.0, but it will be ported to 5.1 as well, which should make transitioning plugins from one to the other somewhat easier in the future. Currently, most functions are meant for iterating through various objects so you can, but new functions will be added every once in a while and contributions, bug fixes and comments are welcome. To "install" the library, place the file in your equivalent for C:\Documents and Settings\user\Program data\MySQL\Workbench\librariesQuick list of places to get useful information for plugin ...

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OpenGL and Workbench Canvas News

Recently, a bug that caused excessive memory usage and slowness (specially in large models) in Workbench has been fixed in its canvas. From the testing I've done, the speed for displaying diagrams seems to scale much better and dragging around tables in large models is doable in an acceptable speed. This fix is in the upcoming releases of the 5.0 and 5.1 alpha versions of Workbench. Apart from that, we've been doing some work on reintroducing OpenGL support to the Workbench canvas. Unlike the initial implementation, this time OpenGL is used directly instead of going through Cairo's experimental (and not quite reliable) support through the Glitz layer. This means that in machines with a recent graphics card, hardware acceleration will be ...

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Automate Figure Arrangement In Workbench

Initiated by a question on the forum I took some time to exercise my Workbench-Scripting-Knowledge. The question was, if it's possible to do some figure-arrangement/organizing via scripts. To be more precise, the task I had to master was to get tables that have names starting with a given prefix moved into a new layer using scripts. The function to create a new object - layer in this case - was an easy one. All you have to do is to use the function grtV.newObj("workbench.model.Layer"). This function returns a handle to the created Layer. Finally, set the visual properties (color, position) and most important, the owner has to be set to the containing Diagram-object. Last step is to add the layer ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.0.26 Ready to Download

This one was to planned to leave the hangar late last week, but a well hidden bug in the table-comparison kept us from finishing the release. But now it's ready, the next release of our current GA release of MySQL Workbench, Version 5.0.26. We did some minor tweaking on the UI - the property-pane now shows object-properties for objects on the MySQL-Model-Page too and we're using another algorithm for the Autolayout-Feature (this needs to be optimized, it's a basic implementation for now). Please check out the new version right from our main download page.

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MySQL Workbench 5.1.3 Alpha For Linux Available

We've just finished the next alpha-release of our 5.1 version. It has become a bit more stable, we've cleaned up the source code, added fixes for building on distros other than Ubuntu and we've brushed up our packaging mechanism for Ubuntu - so we can now offer a Repository for use with apt (either on command-line or via Synaptics). There's only one package - google's cTemplates - that you'll still have to install manually before handing the work over to apt to fetch and install workbench on your Ubuntu system. So first head over to google's cTemplate-Pages to get libctemplate0. It's best to fetch the latest .deb package, which you can then install with one simple command like this: sudo dpkg -i ...

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Nice MySQL Workbench Tutorial - Creating A MySQL Forum Database

For everybody interested, please check out this very descriptive tutorial written by Adrian 'yEnS' Mato Gondelle. It shows how to create a database schema design with MySQL Workbench. How to make a brilliant mysql forum database from scratch If you have written your own tutorials or blog posts about MySQL Workbench please drop us an email and we might feature it on our blog.

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MySQL Workbench 5.1.2 Alpha For Linux Released

Thank you very much for the great reactions and contributions we received since we put our first alpha build out last week. We have incorporated patches submitted by the community and further improved some code (even though we're currently busy sitting together at our Database Group Developer Meeting). So we've prepared the next packages and put them on our server. We also updated (cleaned up) the build instructions as to remove a few dependencies which are no longer necessary with the latest code. This should make building the source and running the binaries more easy. MySQL Workbench OSS 5.1.2 Alpha - Linux Source Tar Ball ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.2-alpha-linux.tar.gz ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.2-alpha-linux.tar.gz.md5 Binaries for Ubuntu 8.04 ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.2-alpha-ubuntu8-i386.tar.gz ftp://ftp.mysql.com/pub/mysql/download/gui-tools/mysql-workbench-5.1.2-alpha-ubuntu8-i386.tar.gz.md5 Build instructions for Ubuntu 8.04 http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/?page_id=152 For all who encounter problems executing the bin package on ...

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MySQL Workbench 5.1 Alpha for Linux available

We're proud to announce that we've just uploaded the first Linux-Alpha build for upcoming MySQL Workbench 5.1 for everyone to try. But beware, it's an early Alpha release! It includes basic functionality like loading/saving Models, import/export SQL files and a set of basic editors to model your data-structures. A couple of features are still missing and the UI from a lot of things is not done yet but its purpose is to give you a chance to experience how WB will look and feel on your Linux Desktop. We're releasing this as a source package and in binary form compiled on Ubuntu 8.04. There's a build-instructions page available for Ubuntu as well. For later releases we'll be providing more intructions/binary packages for several ...

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