InterBase Workbench & Firebird Workbench v1.4.0 released!

[11-11-2002]
The succes story continues - the Workbench Family v1.4.0, the popular tools for InterBase and Firebird database engines, have been released as a new minor update - it holds several new features, major DataPump speed improvements, bugfixes and includes basic support for InterBase 7. More InterBase 7 features will be available in the next major release. Download your trial copy now or purchase licenses online. Don't fall behind, speed up your development!

Version 1.4.0

New features:

View Editor
  • Completely re-written View Editor
  • Ability to move columns
  • Ability to enter column description
Enterprise Manager
  • Backup/Restore Managers (projects) now server-oriented instead of application wide
Overall
  • Firebird: Column descriptions extracted in script
  • All editors have an improved "DDL" tab
  • InterBase 7: Support for the native BOOLEAN datatype
  • InterBase 7: GUI support for the native BOOLEAN datatype (data-grids)
  • InterBase 7: new keywords added to highlighting options for IB 7
  • InterBase 7: long metadata identifiers support
  • Firebird 1.5: new keywords added to highlighting options for Fb 1.5

Bug fixes and small enhancements:

  • Bugfix: Fixed script execution time errors
  • Bugfix: Fixed resultset/table/view export to file sometimes misbehaving and not exporting anything
  • Bugfix: Fixed resultset/table/view export to file sometimes loosing decimals
  • Bugfix: Fixed Visual Query Builder errors with multiple joins
  • Bugfix: Fixed an error with default "NOW" in domains
  • Bugfix: Fixed a bug with the query-parameter history in the SQL Editor
  • Bugfix: Fixed an error with using the build in "PUBLIC" role in the Grant Manager
  • Bugfix: Fixed an error with Referential Constraints not being updated in the application, but only in the database
  • Enhancement: Optional include system tables in Code Completion
  • Enhancement: Miscellaneous export improvements (like custom delimiters for CSV files etc)
  • Enhancement: Major speed improvements in the DataPump (up to 10 times faster transferring to InterBase/Firebird)
  • Enhancement: Major speed improvements in the TestDataGenerator
  • Enhancement: More windows listed in the "Open Windows" list
  • Enhancement: Miscellaneous small interface improvements and fixes