InterBase Workbench version 1.1.2 released!

[02-18-2002]
InterBase Workbench v1.1.2, the popular tool for InterBase and Firebird database engines, has been released. Download your trial copy now or purchase licenses online.

New features:

Bug fixes and small enhancements:

• Bugfix: Fixed a field position offset problem between InterBase and Firebird
• Bugfix: Fixed a couple of small bugs related to the naming templates
• Bugfix: Fixed some miscellaneous color errors
• Bugfix: Fixed the Test Data Generator for BLOB fields
• Bugfix: Changing the datatype of procedure parameters wasn't recorded as a change
• Enhancement: Autoincrement field from Field Specials checks for NULL before using Generator
• Enhancement: After duplicating an object from the Database Navigator, you can automatically edit it

Code Insight Enhancements:

• No more popup inside of strings and comments
• No more UDFs when doing FROM, PROCEDURE, JOIN, GEN_ID, EXCEPTION
• When a dot (.) is used, it will try to take the string and partly match it with relations - then, it adds the relations and fields to the listbox

Version 1.1.1

New features:

• Support for InterBase V4

• Option to turn off Code Completion (saves bandwidth on low-bandwidth connections)
• Option to show an abort/ignore dialog when a Script Error occurs in the Script Editor

Bug fixes and small enhancements:

• Bugfix: new Procedures and UDFs weren't added to the Database Navigator
• Bugfix: Backup Projects: fixed 'Parameters missing or Incorrect' error
• Bugfix: Tables no longer in use after exporting via the Data Export wizard, memory leaks removed
• Bugfix: 'maximize' error fixed
• Enhancement: New keywords added for Firebird 1.0 and InterBase 6.5
• Enhancement: Table & SQL Editor itself don't check for 'required fields' when entering data - the database does

Version 1.1.0

New features:

• New images
• Drop down menus from toolbar buttons for quick access to already opened editors

• Dependencies also list UDFs

• Comment/uncomment toolbar button

• 'Duplicate' added to object popup menus
• Added UDF popup menu
• Added 'Depending Objects' for Domains
• Added 'UDF' dependencies
• Extract DDL for objects added

• Clicking upper left corner in header to grant/revoke/reset all rights on all objects via popup menu
• Page 2 (Grantees per object) now also lists views, procedures and triggers rights on other objects

• Renewed User Manager
• Ability to Kill Shadows in 'Validation and Repair'
• Shutdown and Restart databases
• License Manager added for IB6 and higher with licensing (certified editions)

• Add & Remove license ceritifcates

• Not NULL attribute modification
• Data tab for quick editing of data
• 'Field Specials' - an easy way to create an AutoInc field, index fields and upper cased shadow columns
• Duplicate Field function - an easy way to create an upper cased shadow column with indices and triggers

• Save Output of resultsets to all available formats

• Ability to include a percentage of NULLs when inserting
• Ability to generate variable string lenghts for VARCHAR columns

• Added %TAB% literal to the Trigger Template (see Object Templates)
• New object naming templates added

• Export to padded text files (.txt)
• Export to Lotus 1-2-3 files (.wks)
• Export to Data Interchange Format Files (.dif)
• Optional header included where supported
• Per connection and improved Server Output, dockable to sides
• Ability to let the Statement Recorder record directly to a file

Bug fixes and small enhancements:

• Bugfix: Extract Metadata wizards now extract Roles when selected
• Bugfix: Bugfix for non-quoted identifiers that start with a non-alpha character
• Bugfix: Bugfix for sorting in Describe Companion
• Bugfix: Bugfix for sorting in Database Navigator - it would sort different than object editors
• Bugfix: Database Navigator: some Drop [item] right click menu option changed
• Bugfix: Test Data Generator had a bug with NUMERIC(x,0) fields
• Bugfix: Some problems with ad-hoc querying and commenting behind ORDER BY clauses were fixed
• Bugfix: Backup Project Manager wouldn't record changes for backup files
• Bugfix: Bugfix with single line comments ('--') and multi line strings
• Bugfix: Ghost dependencies for views with a WITH CHECK OPTION clause
• Bugfix: Enterprise Manager and Server Registration Properties - several small fixes and enhancements
• Bugfix: Using SELECT * in the Query Builder would double quote the *
• Enhancement: Each SQL Editor now has its own transaction
• Enhancement: Auto Increment wizard now uses naming templates
• Enhancement: Comboboxes now respond to keyboard cut/copy/paste
• Enhancement: Refined keyword warnings and errors
• Enhancement: Ability for a server alias for server registration
• Enhancement: Improved User Manager error handling
• Enhancement: Improved dependency tracking for views
• Enhancement: Improved help available