VERSION HISTORY

 March 2, 2010 version # 3.13

Issues Addressed

#747

Fixed bug in diagram editing: relation's position is not updated after creation of a new relation.

#748

Fixed bug in MSSQL 2005 profile: added support for localized boolean value (True/False).

#749

Fixed bug in about dialog: email link did not work correctly.

#750

Fixed bug in Version Updates list: Access Violation error when deleting the last remaining version.

Improvements

#746

Improved Update Database Tool: added extensive error log messages.

 February 11, 2010 version # 3.12

Issues Addressed

#742

Fixed bug with not updating the list of Categories in the popup for table/view objects.

#743

Fixed bug in the Relationship editor - AutoName checkbox was not setting the modification flag.

#744

Fixed bug in Oracle profile - index fields not generated when index is renamed.

#745

Fixed bug in Oracle profile - wrong order of table and foreign key deletion.

 January 22, 2010 version # 3.11

Issues Addressed

#736

Fixed bug in Versoin Update Scripts (allow 0 as a valid minor version, e.g. 2.0).

#737

Fixed bug in DBISAM (3 & 4), NEXUS 1 and Absolute Database adapters (SystemTableName was not assigned correctly).

#738

Fixed bug in Diagram Page Properties dialog. Page name was not always updated correctly in treeview and diagram tabs.

#739

Fixed bug in Firebird 1.5, Firebird 2 and Interbase 2009 profiles (added support for all BLOB subtypes).

Improvements

#734

Added history of searches to the Schema Manager search/replace comboboxes.

#735

Diagram total page height was expanded 2 times (height of 8A0 format) to accomodate for large schema layouting.

 January 20, 2010 version # 3.10

Issues Addressed

#729

Fixed bug in Import & Reverse Engineer. Database profile should be set from DB Connection settings.

#730

Fixed bug in schema objects autonaming.

#731

Fixed bug in Firebird and Firebird2 profile (added types synonyms and fixed reverse engineering of indexes).

Improvements

#724

Improved Schema Consistency Test. Added check and automatic problem resolution for invalid object names.

#725

Improved reverse engineering of stored procedures for Interbase and Firebird.

#726

Added support for Interbase 2009 (interbase2009.dbp database profile).

#727

Added filtering to the table selection dialog (when adding tables to a diagram).

#728

Added descriptive display name to the database profiles.

 January 12, 2010 version # 3.09

Issues Addressed

#718

Added ability to mark Database Connection as default (it will be highlighted in bold in tree view). This can be convenient when switching between view or scripts window to SQL Console.

#722

Fixed minor bugs in Oracle profile (all constraints and triggers to be dropped shoud be dropped before altering corresponding tables, importing MaxValue for Sequences where MaxValue is larger then MaxInt).

#723

Fixed bug with relationship cardinality being determined incorrectly during import procedure.

Improvements

#719

Added a quick way to select a database connection from any script window by using a toolbar button with a popup menu. Pressing that button opens SQL Console with the default database connection. Pressing button's arrow allows to select a database connection from the popup menu.

#720

Added MySQL5 profile (separated from MySQL4). Improved reverse engineer for MySQL v.5 database.

#721

Improved PostgreSQL profile (added support for COMMENT ON token).

 December 28, 2009 version # 3.08

Improvements

#710

Added support for PostgreSQL 8!

#711

Added Query Builder to SQL Console window.

#712

Added groupping by Engine or Adapter to the DB Connections panel.

#713

Improved Name Templates, added ability for use custom table properties in the format of table item's names (such as fields, indexes, checks, triggers).

 November 30, 2009 version # 3.07

Issues Addressed

#706

Fixed bug with primary key, automatically created by marking field(s) as "primary key" was not being properly initialized.

#707

Fixed bug with domain size property is not correctly defined in the Oracle profile.

#708

Fixed bug with generating unique constraint with empty name in the Oracle profile.

Improvements

#702

Added support for expression indexes. Added expression editor with syntax highlighter to the Index property dialog.

#703

Added support for Unix and Mac line break formats.

#704

Added support for TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE field types to the Oracle profile.

#705

Added support for expression indexes to the Oracle profile.

 November 17, 2009 version # 3.06

Issues Addressed

#689

Fixed bug with saving changes to the current object before saving schema.

#691

Fixed minor issues in database profiles.

#692

Fixed bug in Import Tool (importing from file does not accept files with extensions other then ".sql").

#693

Fixed minor bug in Schema Comparison Options dialog.

Improvements

#686

Improved SQL DDL parser allowing to skip eoln-terminated statements (e.g. pragma PROMPT in Oracle).

#687

Added option to select a script delimiter (in case it differs from the default) when importing SQL script.

#688

Adjusted Oracle profile (improved support for sequences and tablespaces).

#696

Changed SQL generation method (now generating drop clauses first).

#697

Added support for Unique constraint to Index property dialog.

 October 29, 2009 version # 3.05

Issues Addressed

#672

Fixed bug in Database Connection Properties dialog (stored wrong OnOpen/OnClose SQL Script).

#673

Fixed bug in Nexus 3 profile (generation of fields description, generation and reverse engineering of StorageEngine property).

#674

Fixed bug with overriding of field properties by empty domain properties.

#675

Fixed bug with VARBINARY in MSSQL2005 profile with MAX property.

#676

Fixed erros in documentation generation templates.

#679

Fixed code hightlighter for the Enumerations preview panel (it should be pas-style).

#680

Fixed bug in import/reverse engineering (not removing system table from import).

Improvements

#668

Added object properties inpsector to Schema Comparison tool.

#669

Added selective comparison option to Schema Comparison tool.

#670

Added object properties inpsector to Schema Comparison tool.

#671

Added option to search "everywhere " to the Schema Manager Tool.

#677

Added reverse engineer command to Database Connection window.

#678

Improved PreviewSQL editor UI by replacing the toolbar with navigation panel.

#682

Added support for Text Indexes in ElevateDB 2.

 August 11, 2009 version # 3.04.2

Issues Addressed

#658

Fixed focusing issues in object properties editor.

#659

Fixed problem with not being able to assign domain size in MS SQL 2000/2005 database profiles.

#661

Fixed bug causing A/V in object editor history.

#663

Fixed right mouse menu for the Schema Tree View. Some of the items were visible yet inactive (not being properly disabled).

Improvements

#657

Added button to add a new domain to the domain editor. Ctrl+Ins shortcut now takes focus directly to the domain name.

#660

Added Refresh command/button to the Drop\Create SQL Script window.

#662

Added button to add new enumeration value, added reordering by drag&drop of the enumeration values.

 August 5, 2009 version # 3.04

Issues Addressed

#632

Fixed bug in Schema Importing Tools - database profile must be setup correctly before reverse engineering.

#633

Fixed bug when changing database profile. Consistency test was still being performed with the old profile.

#634

Object Assistant was not synchronizing when uncollapsing.

#635

When adding relationships the field's flags are not updated on diagram.

#644

Fixed bug introduced in 3.01 in reverse engineering of Firebird 2.

#649

Fixed bug when saving schema default values. Empty values were not saved. Also added a separate button to save current default values "as default" into registry. These saved values will be used next time when creating new database schema.

Improvements

#636

Improved reverse engineering for Nexus 3.

#637

Added Nexus 2 and 3 client/server connection to the database adapter.

#638

Added packages for all Delphi versions for AnyDAC adapter.

#639

Clicking on filter icon brings up filtering dialog where one can check/uncheck which field kinds to show.

#640

Improved log output in Import & Reverse Engineering tool.

#641

Added ability to create many-to-many relationships by drawing a link on diagram.

#642

Added collection of SQL scripts stored in the database schema. Each script can be executed conditionally on selected events such as (Before Update, After Update, Before Updates, After Updates) and also appended to generated SQL script before and/or after Create and/or Drop.

#643

Added SQL scripts to the database connection objects which will execute before opening and/or closing of the connection.

#645

All editors get syntax highlighting, including editor for text box, which support html tags.

#646

Improved SQL Console completion proposal to use same rule for quoting identifiers as set in schema for sql generation.

#647

Improved Schema Importing Tool. Un-selecting tables will now automatically un-check corresponding relationships.

#648

Improved Copy Table Definitions dialog to support multi-selection.

#650

Object name templates are moved to Schema Properties and conform to the same rules as default property values. This allows to have separate sets of name templates in each schema and a default set stored (optionally) in registry.

#651

Added search inside version update scripts in Schema Manager tool.

#652

Added option to show a dialog during search when no occurences found. Option is added to the Edit options tab in Tools | Options.

#653

Added search for the word under cursor by default.

#654

Added schema name, date and version to the generated Create/Drop SQL scripts.

#655

Added date to the generated version update script.

 July 25, 2009 version # 3.03

Issues Addressed

#596

All schema class names and aliases should be unform across application (<Class>: <Name>)

#602

Fixed bug with not setting valid cardinality when adding relationship by drawing it on a diagram.

#604

Fixed access violation when creating and then dropping a relationship from a diagram.

#605

Disabled right mouse select feature in schema tree view, which caused confusion.

#606

Fixed access violation when deleting tables that have relationships to other tables.

#608

Fixed buf in schema consistency test. Errors and warnings should be filtered before showing errors when creating version checkpoints.

#609

Fixed bug in setup with wrong adapter name assignment in several adapters (e.g. Nexus3). This use to cause error when attempting to load adapter.

#610

Corrected errors in help file. Help file is updated to reflect most recent changes.

#611

Fixed bugs with diagram commands remaining enabled when diagrams are not available (e.g. Delete Page and Page Properties).

#612

Corrected visual layout and tab order in all dialogs to make their appearance and behaviour more uniform througout the application.

#613

Fixed access violation when displaying custom object in a schema where there's no definition for a specified custom object class is found in the database profile.

#615

Changed behaviour in Import & Reverse Engineering. It should not abort on error, but show error in log and continue processing instead.

#616

Fixed access violation when double clicking in an empty schema manager window.

#617

Fixed bug with not focusing tool windows (Schema Tree View, Database Connections, etc.) when activating them via shortcut keys.

#618

Fixed bug - unable to select database via keyboard in Reverse Engineering dialog. It would always go into [New database] dialog.

#623

Fixed bug with text boxes replacing CR/LN with
and not restoring this when going back to editing.

#625

Fixed bug with some commands in object editor not being disabled or hidden for text box objects.

#627

Fixed bug with renaming tables - it would not assign name "Table" to the table named "table" because they appear the same due to case insensitive comparison.

#628

Fixed bug with some icons not showing correctly when working under virtual machine (Virtual PC).

#629

Fixed bug with escape not working when dragging and dropping tables and views (escape should cancel operation).

#630

Fixed bug - after dragging & dropping of a table or a view to a diagram, object editor pops up hiding the diagram table/view object. Need to "move table into view" after showing the object editor. This should be done irrespective of the option to move table into view.

Improvements

#597

Show object class icon instead of class name in the diagram tabs.

#598

Change icons for objects in editor to the standard ones (without the arrows).

#599

Added option to the object editor grid: Tab (Shift-Tab) moves to next column in grid.

#600

Added description colum to the object editor for table's fields.

#601

Added Schema Statistics modal dialog (see under File | Schema Statistics).

#603

When creating a relationship which automatically creates foreign key fields in the child table, convert autoinc to integer.

#607

Added support for MAX value to the SQLServer (2005 and greater) profile. This is done in generic fashion by adding notion of "value aliases". It is now possible to define aliases to any field values.

#614

Added button Clear Log to the Import & Reverse Engineering tool.

#619

Added selection of diagram objects by right mouse click.

#620

Added macro fields in text boxes. For example, a field could read {%Author%} and it will replaced by the Author property of schema when displaying on diagram.

#621

Improved visual appearance of tollbars and splitters.

#622

Added zooming on mouse wheel when holding Ctrl key.

#624

Added default diagram page properties that are applied to all new diagram pages.

#626

Auto Layout Tables command is removed from right mouse menu. This command should not be too accessible and it is sufficient to have it in top menu.

#631

Added feature: highlight and underline fields which are part of a focused relationship.

 July 13, 2009 version # 3.02

Improvements

#579

User Interface is redesigned to provide modal-less way of viewing and changing database object properties (Object Properties window)

#580

Added customizable template-based documentation generation wizard

#581

Greatly improved schema comparison tool

#582

Greatly improved schema searching/management tool

#583

Greatly improved schema importing capabilities

#584

Redesigned database connection management facility

#585

All database objects including tables and views can be setup to produce or not produce SQL, allowing to keep them in "design" mode

#586

Added ability to open several SQL consoles for the same database connection

#587

Added syntax database engine-specific syntax highlighting to all script windows

#588

Views can now be added to the diagrams in the same way as tables, including view columns and relationships

#589

Added object assistant window (part of Database Schema Tree View) allowing to quickly lookup objects found in scripts or diagrams

#590

Added support for Elevate DB 2 and Nexus 3

#591

Improved support for Oracle, including complete reverse engineering

 May 21, 2008 version # 3.01a

Improvements

#572

First private "alpha" release intended for beta testing by volunteered registered users.

 June 26, 2007 version # 2.15

Issues Addressed

#565

Fixed problem with backup and auto-saving functionality. If error occurs during save operation, 2.14 and earlier versions could corrupt both the backup and auto-save files.

#566

Fixed problem with copy/pasting of diagram text blocks.

#567

Fixed problem with paper format and orientation are not saved properly for paper formats other then Letter (default).

#568

Fixed problem in opening of diagrams, saved by previous versions of the Database Designer. DataType property was not correctly restored.

Improvements

#562

Added storing the order in which the relation items are created. This fixes the problem when the relationships rearranged manually in the diagram editor were resorted again after the diagram is reloaded.

#563

Added check for maximum length allowed for the identifiers (schema consistency testing).

#564

Added AllowHTMLFormatting option to the diagram text box. This allows to create a text box, which is not HTML formatted.

 April 27, 2007 version # 2.14

Issues Addressed

#536

Fixed minor problems in SQL Console window.

#537

Fixed problem with page settings not being restored correctly.

#538

Fixed minor problems in SQL import\reverse engineering.

#539

Fixed bug converting from previous versions of schema.

#540

Fixed several problems in Firebird 1 & 2 profiles (BLOB type, index creation).

#541

Fixed several minor printing problems.

#543

Fixed problem with domains not being imported during reverse engineering.

Improvements

#531

In schema consistency test added warning if object names matches certain masks, reserved for a particular database engine (e.g. RDB$, C_PK$, etc.).

#532

Added line scaling on diagram printing.

#533

Improved auto-layout of diagram tables.

#534

Adjusted Elevate DB profile to match changes introduced in 1.02 release (changed GENERATED to COMPUTED).

#535

Added log for all skipped statements and error during SQL import.

 February 14, 2007 version # 2.13

Issues Addressed

#508

Fixed problem in View & Stored Procedures Properties dialogs: unable to close the dialog when definition is wrong or is not terminated by the default term.

#509

Fixed several minor issues in diagram printing.

#510

Fixed bug: ?size? property is not enabled if field?s type is in lowercase (field type was being treated as case sensitive).

#511

Fixed several minor issues in Database Connection Properties dialog.

#512

Fixed several problems in MS Access database profile (msaccess.dbp file).

#513

Fixed several problems in Firebird database profile (firebird.dbp file).

#514

Fixed several problems in Nexus2 database adapter.

#515

Fixed bug: incorrect drawing of 0..1:1 relationship endpoints.

#516

Fixed bug: export schema dialog doesn?t confirm file overwriting.

#517

Fixed minor problems in SQL parser.

#518

Fixed problem affecting all database profiles: added views and stored procedures were not always correctly generated into SQL script.

#519

Fixed bug in ADO adapter: when reverse engineering views delimited names were not escaped with square brackets.

#520

Fixed bug in Connection Properties dialog. Connection parameters were not reset correctly when the adapter type is changed.

#521

Fixed bug: invalid unit name generated for Delphi Declarations when schema name contains spaces and other invalid characters.

#522

Fixed problem with index being recreated when only field name is changed, but not actually pointing to a different field. It is assumed that renaming field should also rename it (cascade) in indexes.

Improvements

#500

Added support for Firebird 2 database.

#501

Added support for Absolute Database by ComponentAce (http://www.componentace.com).

#502

Improved Schema Comparison Tool (see Comparing Schemes & Versions). Added command allowing to copy\update object definition into the current schema.

#503

Add log to reverse engineering of SQL scripts (see Reverse Engineering Database).

#504

SQL Console is no longer modal, allowing several consoles to be opened at the same time.

#505

SQL Console now allows script (batch) execution even if the database does not directly support it.

#506

Added query execution time to SQL Console.

#507

Added automated problem resolution for ?invalid or empty index name? problem (see Messages Window).

 December 18, 2006 version # 2.12

Issues Addressed

#482

Fixed bug in reverse engineering of MS Access database. Memo fields were converted to VARCHAR instead of LONGTEXT.

#483

Fixed bug with in MS Access database profile: GO was not generated after ALTER TABLE ADD PRIMARY KEY statement.

#484

Fixed bug: size property should be visible only for field types that support it (database engine specific).

Improvements

#485

Added warning when string field has zero size when testing database schema consistency.

#486

Added generation of default values for fields in MS Access SQL generation.

#487

Added support for autoincrement field type in MS Access SQL generation.

#488

Added FBPlus adapter for Firebird, Interbase and Yaffil, based on FIB Plus components by DevRace (http://www.devrace.com).

#489

Added diagram page arranging by dragging and dropping page tabs.

#490

Added reverse engineering from Information Schema for Mimer 9 database engine.

 October 9, 2006 version # 2.11

Issues Addressed

#468

Fixed Access Violation on testing database schema, when database profile is not assigned.

#469

Fixed bug in Relationship Properties dialog. When automatically creating fields the property SQLFieldType was not assigned.

#470

Fixed bug in search/replace dialog. When searching for views it was also returning stored procedures.

#471

Fixed bug in trigger definition parsing. Parser hanged indefinitely if it is unable to locate token 'ON'.

#472

Fixed bug with not saving Size property of a field definition object if it is equal to 0.

#473

Fixed problem with assigning duplicate names to unnamed indexes and constraints when importing from SQL script.

#474

Fixed problem with keeping file lock on previously edited schema (problem occurred after creating new schema).

#475

Fixed problem with parsing/skipping single word statements, like COMMIT.

#476

Fixed problem with printing multiple copies when collation is supported by printer driver.

#477

Fixed problems with help not being linked to some of the dialogs.

#478

Fixed problem with unnamed constraints not being assigned default names when importing from SQL script.

Improvements

#458

Added diagram export to BMP, PNG and HTML formats (see File | Export as Picture or Web page... command). HTML export generates image map for all tables and links.

#459

Added access to schema properties from Schema Import dialog.

#460

Added case sensitivity handling in schema consistency test.

#461

Added comprehensive support for Firebird 1.5 database. This includes: FB\IB Database Adapter, SQL generation, SQL import and Reverse Engineering.

#462

Added incremental import of SQL script into current database schema.

#463

Added option to automatically resolve some of consistency issues (see "Resolve this problem" context menu item in messages window).

#464

Added schema level option to enclose identifiers in double quotes or square brackets when generating SQL (i.e. enforce delimited identifiers).

#465

Added shortcuts for Create Version Checkpoint, SQL Console and Create or Update Database Structure.

#466

Added support for custom schema objects, which could be use to contain objects, like IB\FB Exceptions, file groups, etc.

#467

Improved Domain Properties dialog. The program now only require confirmation if any of the assigned domains have changed.

 August 24, 2006 version # 2.10

Issues Addressed

#452

Fixed bug in SQL generation for Nexus 1.

#453

Fixed bug in Page Properties dialog. Custom page format settings were wrongfully reset every time when the dialog is invoked.

Improvements

#447

Added Incremental Version Control option to Reverse Engineer dialog. This allows automatic creation of initial schema checkpoint for future synchronization of database schema.

#448

Added option to sort tables, views, procedures and other top level schema objects alphabetically. See Schema Tree View Window topic.

#449

Added ability to instantly compare schema with a physical database in Compare Schema dialog. Before now, a database must have been reverse engineered into a separate schema prior to comparison.

#450

Improved reverse engineering for Nexus 1. CtxNX1 adapter has been updated.

#451

Fixed Access Violation in Schema Comparison dialog.

 August 15, 2006 version # 2.09

Issues Addressed

#434

Fixed Access Violation when pasting deleted or renamed table onto a diagram.

#438

Fixed SQL generation & import for MS SQL Server 2000/2005 computed fields.

#439

Fixed bug in SQL generation of primary keys for MS SQL Server 2000/2005.

Improvements

#435

Added Add Related Tables operation (see diagram right-mouse menu). This allows quickly adding all tables related to the selected table to the diagram.

#437

Added Copy Table Definition operation (see Schema main menu, diagram right-mouse menu and Edit Table Definition dialog). This allow copying fields & indexes from other tables.

 July 24, 2006 version # 2.08

Issues Addressed

#428

Fixed error in Connection dialog when no adapters installed.

#429

Fixed A/V when deleting diagram pages.

#431

Fixed problem with disabling "Revert to Saved" command for new schemes.

Improvements

#426

Added support for MS Access, including reverse engineering via ADO.

#427

Improved handling of data times in MS SQL.

#430

Added help to Text Box Properties dialog.

 June 26, 2006 version # 2.07

Issues Addressed

#410

Fixed Stream Read Error occurred when reverse engineering databases on dual processor systems.

#411

Fixed bug in reverse engineering in MS SQL 2000.

#412

Fixed bug in reverse engineering in MS SQL 2005.

Improvements

#413

Improved data type conversion between different engines.

#414

Added relationship wizard to Toolbar and Tools menu.

#415

SQL Console and Update Database Structure commands added to Toolbar.

 June 21, 2006 version # 2.06

Issues Addressed

#404

Fixed bug exporting schema to PAS format;

Improvements

#402

Added extensive Search & Replace functionality;

#403

Added extensive support for MySQL 4 database;

#405

Added support for custom, database specific data types;

#406

Added automatic data type convertion when changing TargetDB - now supports extensible data type model;

#407

Added key properties highlighting in object inspector.

 May 31, 2006 version # 2.05

Issues Addressed

#401

Fixed A/V in schema consistency test, when validating a partially qualified relationship.

Improvements

#396

Improved reverse engineering for MS SQL 2000/2005.

#397

Added select statements support to SQL Console.

#398

Added command history to SQL Console.

#399

Added Relations Builder to import operations. This allows automatically detect and create relationships for the databases that do not support referential integrity.

#400

Added Auto Layout Diagram feature. This allows automatically lay out database tables and relationships on diagram page.

 May 9, 2006 version # 2.04

Improvements

#383

Improved handling of triggers, views and stored procedures.

#384

Imrpoved reverse engineering for Nexus 2.

#385

Imrpoved reverse engineering for DBISAM 4.

#386

Added code completion to all SQL editors.

#387

Added search to Script Editor.

#388

Added Create New Schema Wizard.

#389

Added Auto Save functionality.

#390

Improved Options dialog, added more options and default settings.

#391

Improved connectivity with schema component in IDE.

#392

Updated help file to reflect all latest changes.

 April 12, 2006 version # 2.03

Improvements

#361

Improved support for MS SQL Server 2000/2005

#362

Added support for Oracle and Nexus 2

#363

Improved schema consistency testing, added more warnings and errors related to foreign key constraints, type mismatches and more

#364

Greatly improved SQL import function.

#365

Reverse Engineering is coupled with import and improved to allow partial reverse engineering.

#366

Import functionality now allows to partially override schema objects, which is handled correctly by SQL generator.

#367

Added automatic handling of auto-incremental or identity fields when generating DML statements (e.g. when a table needs to be recreated preserving the data).

#368

Added Identity property to all field definition object.

#369

Add IDEF1X & UML notations to diagram.

#370

Fields display engine-specific data types and only allow to select data types, supported by the target database engine.

#371

Added popup dialogs for editing long script properties, like Check constraints and Description.

#372

SQL generation improved to allow deletion and smart recreation of all affected foreign key constraints. This is particularly important for engines, not supporting CASCADE deletion of tables, like MS SQL.

#373

Added custom connections parameters including UserName and Password for all database adapters.

#374

Added correct, engine specific, syntax highlighting everywhere where SQL text occurs.

#375

Improved adapters loading. Context Database Designer no longer loads adapters on startup, but only when they're required to establish database connection, which significantly improves startup time.

#376

Added Options dialog; Adapters page allows to add and remove database adapter libraries.

#377

Added data adapter for Nexus 2.

#378

Added Drop Database SQL generation (especially useful for databases, like MS SQL, that do not support CASCADE delete).

#379

Improved LUA compatibility.

#380

Updated context sensitive help.

 December 20, 2005 version # 2.02

Improvements

#340

Added extensive support for MS SQL Server 2000.

#341

Added table level CHECK CONSTRAINT(s).

#342

Added support for NATIONAL CHAR, VARCHAR and CLOB data types.

#343

Added generic database adapters, allowing to access more databases from the standalone application. This makes it easier to add support for more database engines in future.

#344

Relationships handling has been reworked and greatly improved, making it more stable and reliable. Now each relationship is defined as one singular object and not as two separate objects (one for each participating table) as it was before.

#345

SQL generation has been greatly improved, allowing for more extensive customization and providing support for more SQL features.

#346

SQL import has been greatly improved, allowing to correctly import triggers, views and stored procedures defined with different SQL dialects.

#347

Diagramming has been improved by adding (optional) IE notation for link drawing. Links avoid intersections with other links by drawing arcs (engineering standard).

#348

Interface better supports XP themes.

#349

Both regular and dockable windows stores their size and position, creating more user friendly environment.

#350

Improved user interface of editing tables, indexes and relations.

#351

Added advanced, database specific and user defined properties for more schema objects.

#352

Added context sensitive help file (partially under construction).

 October 31, 2005 version # 2.01

Improvements

#321

New, completely redesigned diagram editor with support for: undo/redo, copy/paste, multi-selection, metafile export, large page slicing for printing, enhanced drawing, interactive customized connectors and more.

#322

Schema & Diagram are stored in one file.

#323

Support for XML import/export.

#324

Completely redesigned and greatly improved schema editing dialogs, including support for custom user defined properties, syntax highlighting and more.

#325

Schema version control with checkpoints. Automatic SQL script generation for differences between version checkpoints.

#326

Importing schema from SQL scripts based on customizable engine profiles.

#327

Advanced schema comparison tool. Shows differences between any two schemas and/or any two versions of schemas. Automatically builds upgrade SQL script.

#328

SQL Console for direct manipulation with any registered database by executing SQL script and console commands.

#329

Direct access to databases from within Database Designer.

#330

Runs as a standalone application as well as IDE component editor. Interacts with Delphi IDE components via Ole Automation.