January 30th, 2012Server management extensions:
· SQLite Maestro has been successfully tested with the latest SQLite versions. The latest available library (3.7.10) is now included into the installation package.
· Starting with this version our software supports SQLite Online Backups. The copy operation is processed incrementally, so the source database does not need to be locked for the duration of the copy, only for the brief periods of time when it is actually being read from. This allows other database users to continue uninterrupted while a backup of an online database is made. To invoke the wizard, use the Main Menu | Tools | Backup Database menu item.
Interface improvements:
· The Change password dialog has been renamed to Manage encryption to better reflect its functionality and has been redesigned for more understandability. Now the database encryption management is simple and easy in access.
The SQL editor component has been dramatically improved (applied to SQL Editor, SQL Script Editor, and editors of objects containing SQL bodies such as views, stored procedures, and triggers):
· Unicode support has been implemented. Starting with this version you can view and edit queries and scripts containing string literals in almost any possible language including, for example, Russian, Chinese and Japanese.
· Also it becomes possible to load/save files in different encodings. If you try to save an SQL script containing non-locale characters to a file in an incompatible encoding, a warning about a potential loss of data will be issued.
· Text change markers are now at your disposal. Yellow markers show changed but unsaved lines of code, and green markers show changes in this session that have been saved.
· Now the application allows you to use Code snippets, segments of reusable code that you can copy into the editor. To insert a snippet into the edited text, use the corresponding item of the popup menu or Ctrl+J shortcut.
· The code folding appearance has been updated. In particular, the new version introduces support for fold signs as well as improved look and feel of the folding margin and hints.
Table Editor features:
· Another way of index creating has been implemented. Now you can create a new index directly from the Fields tab of the table editor. To add an index, select column(s) the new index to consist of and use the Create index on columns... command.
· Foreign key references i.e. foreign keys created in other tables and referencing for columns of the current one, are now displayed well.
· The Execute at cursor command has been added to SQL Editor (available in the Navigation bar or with Ctrl+F9 shortcut). Use this command to execute statements the cursor is over without selecting them.
Database Designer features:
· Now you can view all columns included in a foreign key by selecting the relation based on the foreign key.
· All print options are now preserved between sessions.
· Visual Query Builder: the Create view from SQL link has been added to the Navigation panel. This feature allows you to create a view based on a SELECT query prepared within the builder as quickly as possible.
· BLOB Viewer: starting with this version it's possible to view or edit BLOB data as PDF document.
· Prepared database reports now run fine on UNIX systems.
· Table Editor Options: starting with this version it's possible to allow the application to open details at the Data tab automatically.
· A Spanish translation is now included into the installation package. Other available languages are English, German, French and Italian.
· Data Import: now each time you start the wizard to import data to a table it stores all the options as them were set on the previous session of working with this table.
March 21st, 2011Server management extensions:
· SQLite Maestro has been successfully tested with the latest SQLite server versions. The latest available server library (3.7.5) is now included into the installation package.
· Support for SQLite full-text search extension modules has been implemented (both FTS3 and FTS4 are supported). These extensions allow users to create special tables with a built-in full-text index (also known as FTS tables). The full-text index allows the user to efficiently query the database for all rows that contain one or more words, even if the table contains many large documents.
· To display the FTS "shadow" tables (%_content, %_segdir, etc), turn on the Show system tables option in the Edit Database Profile dialog.
· Now it's allowed to generate updatable views for your tables automatically. Moreover, the Insert, Update, and Delete operations can be enabled or disabled at your choice. It is possible to create a view for a single table or for several tables at once (even for all the tables in the database). To accomplish these tasks, use the popup menu of the corresponding node at the Explorer tree and the Main Menu | Object | Generate updatable views accordingly.
Interface improvements:
· Table Editor features an ability to upload files as BLOBs into a table. The file names must contain the information on the record they need to be placed to: the files need to be named in the same manner and their names have to include content of one or several table columns that can uniquely identify each row.
Data Import: starting with this version it becomes possible to import data from any database accessible via an ODBC driver or OLE DB provider, such as SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, MS Access, Sybase, DB2, PostgreSQL, etc. Let's look through some details of the new feature:
· To import data in this way, you have to specify a connection string and select appropriate identifier quote characters to escape improper symbols and blanks in object names according to the source database (for example, double quotes for Oracle and PostgreSQL, backticks for MySQL, or square brackets for SQL Server and MS Access).
· Another thing to note is that this kind of import completely supports BLOBs (if they are supported by the ODBC driver / OLE DB provider used).
· Application Options: now it's possible to specify default directories for data export/import/extract/etc to be used on database profiles creating.
· In addition to this, several bugs have been fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections have been made.
June 1st, 2010· Support for native foreign keys has been added (SQLite 3.6.19 and higher). To enable/disable this feature, use the corresponding option within the Create Database Profiles or Edit Database Profile window. This option also affects the automatic creation of referential integrity triggers: they are NOT created if it is turned ON and vice versa.
· Table Editor: a possibility of importing data from Clipboard has been implemented. It is supposed that columns within the data block are separated by the tabulation symbol, records are separated by newlines and the first line of the data block contains column headers.
· The same data format is supported by a lot of other applications, so it is easy to use this feature to quickly copy data from MS Excel, another SQLite table or view, or even from a data set from a different DBMS especially if it is opened with an appropriate our product.
· The Update Existing Records option has been added to the Data Import wizard. If this option is turned ON, the records will be either updated or inserted.
Data Analysis tool features the following things:
· Starting with this version it is possible to use a wide spectrum of aggregate functions such as maximum, minimum, average value, etc. for subtotals (the only available function for the previous versions was sum of values).
· A possibility of sorting data by summary columns has been added. This means, for example, the product you'll see first is not the one which starts with an A or Z, but rather the one that has the most or least sales.
· You can also specify the number of top rows that are displayed to view, for example, only a specific number of best-selling or worst-selling products for each year, month, customer, etc. This will help you to concentrate on only the most important information and avoid being overload with a lot of superfluous data.
· The Script Runner window can now be invoked directly from the Tools menu. Also the productivity of this tool has been significantly improved.
· Data Grid: the Clone current record command has been added to the popup menu. Use it to add a new record which is substantially similar to an existing one.
· BLOB editor: starting with this version it is possible to select a BLOB column to edit directly within the editor window.
· The Case Insensitive option has been added to data grid filter settings (ON by default).
· Starting with this version SQLite Maestro allows you to store your databases in the folders containing locale characters and/or use such characters in the database file names.
October 16th, 2009Server management extensions:
· Starting with this version SQLite Maestro allows you to specify SQLite extensions that are loaded automatically on connect to a database (SQLite 3.3.6 and higher). These extensions can contain such useful things as new SQL functions and collating sequences. Learn more about SQLite extensions.
Interface improvements:
Database profile management improvements:
· Starting with this version it is possible to reorder database groups in the Explorer Tree as well as reorder databases from the same group. You can also sort database groups and databases in an alphabetical order.
· Now all the database profiles related to the same group may be deleted at once.
· The Rename Database Profile command has been added to the popup menu. Use this command to rename a profile without opening its editor.
Data Import wizard has been significantly updated:
· Now you can import data from Microsoft Office Excel 2007 and Microsoft Office Access 2007 file formats along with Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003, Microsoft Office Access, CSV, DBF, and Text files supported in the previous versions.
· Starting with this version you can import Text and CSV data files stored in different encodings.
· Now it is possible to empty the target table as well as execute custom SQL scripts before and after import.
· The wizard has been completely redesigned to improve the look and feel and increase the usability.
Data Grid features the following things:
· Multi-column sorting has been implemented. To sort data on multiple columns, use the Advanced sort command from the grid's header popup menu.
· Now you can fix grid columns to view them permanently when working with other grid data. To fix a column, choose the corresponding item from the grid's header popup menu.
· Starting with this version the number of grouped records is displayed for the group's header.
· SQL Editor: the Go to Line command has been added to the popup menu (Ctrl+G shortcut). Also field data types are now displayed in the Code completion window.
· BLOB Viewer: Unicode support has been added to the Non-BLOB data grid.
· BLOB Viewer/Editor: starting with this version it's possible to customize PHP syntax highlighting for the text representation of BLOBs.
· Get SQL Dump: now you can specify the encoding on the generating dump to a file.
· Database Designer: a possibility to select objects with Ctrl has been implemented.
· In addition to this, several bugs have been fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections have been made
March 17th, 2009Server management extensions:
· SQL Editor: support for explicit transaction management has been implemented. Now you can execute queries either in autocommit mode (default behavior) or manage transactions manually. In the second case you have to issue the BEGIN TRANSACTION statement to start a transaction and explicitly end the transaction by COMMIT or ROLLBACK statements (it is also possible to use the corresponding links at the editor's navigation bar).
· Auto-attached databases become available for remote connections.
· Starting with this version it is possible to create referential integrity triggers together with a foreign key creation.
Interface improvements:
Data Export wizard has been significantly improved:
· Now you can select the result file encoding (ANSI, UTF8, UTF16, UTF32, OEM, Mac).
· Support for Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Microsoft Office Word 2007, OpenDocument Spreadsheed, and OpenDocument Text file formats has been implemented.
· The wizard has been completely redesigned to increase the usability. In particular, the export process now can be started at any step of the wizard.
· Visual Query Builder has been dramatically improved. Now it can produce INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements as well as the SELECT statements containing subqueries and/or UNIONs.
· Trigger Editor: the Code Completion feature becomes available for the NEW and OLD keywords.
· An Italian localization is now included into the installation package.
· Data grid: starting with this version it is possible to allow displaying row numbers in grids. Of course you can adjust the corresponding column to yours liking.
· Tabbed MDI interface: a popup menu has been added to each tab.
November 13th, 2008· New version provides support for transparent database encryption, remote database management extensions and some interface improvements.
June 1st, 2008· Version 8.5 features remote database management via HTTP tunneling, foreign keys support, column reordering and a lot of interface improvements.
December 14th, 2007· The most important thing added in this version is support of Unicode/UTF-8 data. For databases in UTF-8 encoding it is necessary to specify, which string fields are used to store Unicode data (available options are "Only nvarchar(xx) fields" and "All the string fields"). For databases in UTF-16 encoding no such actions required.
· Create database wizard: now it is possible to specify the encoding (UTF-8 or UTF-16) for the new database.
· It is now possible to execute SQL scripts after connect and before disconnect to/from a database.
· Some new features are incorporated into SQL Editor and SQL Script Editor.
Now it is possible:
· comment/uncomment selected text (Shift Ctrl . / Shift Ctrl , shortcuts respectively). If no text is selected, the whole line will be commented. By the way, it is not necessary to select commented text to uncomment it, just press Shift Ctrl , having the cursor inside the commented text. Both kinds of comments (single-line and multi-line) are supported;
· convert selected text to different cases (lower, UPPER, and NameCase);
· export the contents of the editor to RTF and HTML formats (to file or to clipboard);
· print/preview the contents of the editor.
· The Copy to SQL Script Editor command is added to all object editors (available in the Navigation Bar on the SQL tab). Use it for quick copying object’s SQL definition (DDL) to the SQL Script Editor for future modifications;
· Data grid: some advanced filtering abilities were implemented (see Main menu | Tools | Options | Data grid | Filter);
· Explorer tree: the Browse command is added to lists' popup menus (runs the Object Browser tool).
September 21st, 2007Server management extensions:
· Starting with this version it is possible to cancel a long running query execution (SQLite 3.x.x) and data fetching (all versions of SQLite).
· SQLite Maestro does not lock connected databases anymore i.e. it is possible to connect to such databases using another software product e.g. the second instance of SQLite Maestro.
· The contents of BLOB fields containing graphics is now saved correctly.
Interface improvements:
· The SQL Formatter for DML statements (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE) is fulfilled. It can be invoked with the aid of the Format SQL link on the SQL Editor's navigation bar (Ctrl Alt D shortcut).
· BLOB Viewer: now it is possible to save all BLOBs from a table to a given directory.
· Now our software displays execution time for lengthy operations.
· Data Import Wizard: the speed of loading of Excel files has been significantly increased.
· In addition to this, several bugs have been fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections have been made.
July 11th, 2007Server management extensions:
· The most important thing added in this version is support of Unicode/UTF-8 data. For databases in UTF-8 encoding it is necessary to specify, which string fields are used to store Unicode data (available options are "Only nvarchar(xx) fields" and "All the string fields"). For databases in UTF-16 encoding no such actions required.
· Create database wizard: now it is possible to specify the encoding (UTF-8 or UTF-16) for the new database.
Interface improvements:
· It is now possible to execute SQL scripts after connect and before disconnect to/from a database.
Some new features are incorporated into SQL Editor and SQL Script Editor. Now it is possible:
· comment/uncomment selected text (Shift Ctrl . / Shift Ctrl , shortcuts respectively). If no text is selected, the whole line will be commented. By the way, it is not necessary to select commented text to uncomment it, just press Shift Ctrl , having the cursor inside the commented text. Both kinds of comments (single-line and multi-line) are supported;
· convert selected text to different cases (lower, UPPER, and NameCase);
· export the contents of the editor to RTF and HTML formats (to file or to clipboard);
· print/preview the contents of the editor.
· The Copy to SQL Script Editor command is added to all object editors (available in the Navigation Bar on the SQL tab). Use it for quick copying object’s SQL definition (DDL) to the SQL Script Editor for future modifications;
· Data grid: some advanced filtering abilities were implemented (see Main menu | Tools | Options | Data grid | Filter);
· Explorer tree: the Browse command is added to lists' popup menus (runs the Object Browser tool).
· In addition to this, several bugs were fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections were made.
April 19th, 2007· SQLite Maestro was successfully tested with the latest SQLite server versions up to 3.3.13.
· SQL Editor: now SQLite Maestro can edit even very large SQL files. Also the speed of editor's work has been significantly improved;
· SQL Editor: queries' tabs can now been displayed at the all sides of the editor (bottom, top, left or right);
September 11th, 2006Server management extensions:
· added support of Check constraints (SQLite 3.3);
· improved Index Editor: implemented index sort ordering and index collating sequence (SQLite 3.3);
Interface improvements:
· SQL Editor improvements: now you can execute each query in a separate thread in order to continue your work with the software while the query is executing;
· SQLite Maestro wizards' windows are resizable now for more usability;
· Now the server version can be viewed from the tool tip of the database node;
· added an ability to edit object properties directly from the explorer tree without opening the object editor; it helps you to make your work with your SQLite database objects faster;
· added an ability to rename an object directly from the explorer tree without opening its editor;
· added more key shortcuts: a new query can be created in SQL Editor using the Ctrl N shortcut and deleted using the Ctrl R shortcut.
· In addition to this, several bugs were fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections were made.
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