What's new in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.4.3

Apr 4, 2024
  • Free & Pro: Recognize Serial data types, don't load for them default values and exclude corresponding sequences from Sequence object list
  • Free & Pro: EULA updated (divided into sections, more information and clarifications)
  • Free & Pro: SQL syntax highlight - recognize multiline strings
  • Free & Pro: Home - fix bug 'Open single database, Refresh, and other side loaded with the same DB instead of refresh'
  • Free & Pro: What's new - enable word wrap for list of changes to avoid horizontal scroll for long items
  • Free & Pro: Text diff - change line numbers to dark-gray to avoid visual confusion with actual text
  • Free & Pro: Fix focus on selected tab, switching between data diff tabs and clicking Refresh could produce selection of some other previously focused tab
  • Free & Pro: Data diff - add 'Click to sort by this column' column tooltip where applicable
  • Pro: Table structure diff - show 'Compare data' and 'Open in Query result diff' buttons for tables missing on other side (or other side db is not loaded at all)
  • Pro: Query result diff - fix cases of missing first row selection on Run (and therefore fix missing bottom row grid)
  • Pro: Query result diff - clear previous result on subsequent Run
  • Pro: Query result diff - handle properly cases when only one side result is available (error on other side, different resultset count, other side returned no table result)
  • Pro: Query result diff - error text word wrap and some other layout updates
  • Pro: Query result diff - better error handling of database connection errors
  • Pro: Text diff - new 'Show tabs and spaces' toggle
  • Pro: Text diff - new bottom line implementation, with selectable text and fixed tabulation width
  • Pro: Data diff - allow to compare string values in the separate text diff tab (the up-right arrow near column name in the bottom grid, useful for multiline values)

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.4.2 (Mar 14, 2024)

  • Pro: Query result diff - fix unexpected error on compare by row number then click result column name to sort
  • Pro: Custom data diff - fix validation of sorting on more than one non-key column
  • Pro: Text diff - change Expand above/below links to folding sections (and fix some syntax highlight issues if it shows new/changed lines)
  • Pro: Text diff - if show only new/changed lines, do not hide block containing only one line
  • Pro: Text diff - show 'Additional lines' configuration directly in tab and remove it from Settings

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.4.1 (Mar 2, 2024)

  • Free & Pro: SQL syntax highlight - highlight identifiers and numbers, reduced list of keywords to the most generally used
  • Free & Pro: Splash screen
  • Free & Pro: Updated application binary protection
  • Free & Pro: Fix 'It is an expired trial key' key entry error presentation
  • Free & Pro: Data diff - use the same fonts in the merge/delete progress as in other places
  • Pro: Custom data diff - fix broken paging on setting up sort order for more than one key
  • Pro: Custom data diff - deny sorting on more than one non-key column (not supported)
  • Pro: Custom data diff - minor layout adjustments
  • Pro: Fix cases of broken Ctrl+C in the new text editor (Query result diff, etc.)

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.4.0 (Feb 14, 2024)

  • Free & Pro: SQL Syntax highlight in the Text diff, Object list text preview, Merge dialog and Query result diff
  • Free & Pro: Home tab - 'Copy all' database progress actions appearing in case of errors
  • Free & Pro: Ability to switch to the full screen, with F11 shortcut
  • Free & Pro: Fix 'is an aggregate function' function reading error for PostgreSQL 10
  • Free & Pro: Reduce cases of duplicated ';' in generated scripts
  • Pro: Id-Remap Merge dialog - fix occasionaly broken table order by name for same DL

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.3.0 (Jan 27, 2024)

  • Free & Pro: Object list - show object action buttons for new objects or if other side db is not opened (as result, allow to view data)
  • Free & Pro: Data merge dialog - minor label fixes
  • Pro: Id-Remap Merge new feature allowing to merge properly foreign key values referencing to sequence/identity/serial numeric primary keys, integrated with Data Diff and Batch Data Diff merge actions
  • Pro: Batch data merge dialog - show Id-Remap Merge suggestion and applicability warnings in appropriate cases
  • Pro: Batch data merge dialog - minor label fixes
  • Pro: Batch data merge dialog - Alt hotkeys
  • Pro: Data merge dialog - show Id-Remap Merge suggestion in appropriate cases
  • Pro: Query result diff - 'Split..' and 'Run both..' options adjustments for the new case of opening from Object List when other side db is not opened

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.2.3 (Dec 13, 2023)

  • Free & Pro: Data merge - show 'Import existing serial..' option for IDENTITY primary keys and update its label respectively
  • Free & Pro: Data merge - fix INSERT of ALWAYS AS IDENTITY primary key values by adding OVERRIDING SYSTEM VALUE
  • Free & Pro: Home tab - indicate that recent database requires password entry (was opened by password without saved password)
  • Free & Pro: Opening db with save password if other side loaded and has no saved saved password - fix invalid save password for both (and the same for unsaved password)
  • Free & Pro: Recent database open only if one side has no saved password - fix missing password for other side
  • Pro: Opening database in the new app instance: fix lost 'Save passwords' (both for other side database and the newly opened one)

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.2.2 (Oct 13, 2023)

  • Free & Pro: Verified compatibility with PostgreSQL 16
  • Pro: Query key columns dialog - restore broken 'Save to diff profile' option
  • Pro: Batch data merge dialog - restore lost note regarding script generation time and space
  • Pro: Batch data diff - fix invalid 'Change columns' = No for the case of new column(s) in the left DB without other changes

New in KS DB Merge Tools for PostgreSQL 1.2.1 (Sep 11, 2023)

  • Free & Pro: Open database dialog - fix TestConnection ignoring database name (was checking only connection to server)
  • Free & Pro: Fix occasional 'Cannot set Owner property to a Window that has not been shown previously' unexpected error for basic dialogs
  • Free & Pro: Improved logic of changes invalidation after objects merge and refresh
  • Free & Pro: Fix app crash on unknown error during dialog open
  • Pro: Support for All-in-one license
  • Pro: Fix 'Cannot call StartAt' unknown error on Batch data diff -> click on view name -> compare data
  • Pro: Encrypt command line passwords on opening database in the new app instance