SQuirrel SQL Client Changelog

What's new in SQuirrel SQL Client 4.6.0

Sep 4, 2023
  • Data compare function
  • Search function for preferences/configurations
  • Enhanced BLOB and CLOB loading configuration
  • Export of multiple SQL results
  • Java 20 compatibility
  • Many more features and bug fixes

New in SQuirrel SQL Client 20210424 Snapshot (Apr 24, 2021)

  • In this release the somewhat outdated nanoxml library was replaced by standard Java XML functionality.

New in SQuirrel SQL Client 2.4.1 (Mar 12, 2007)

  • New plugins provide enhanced capabilities:
  • Derby Plugin: Shows source SQL for views and triggers as well as further details about triggers
  • Informix Plugin: Shows source SQL for Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views as well as details for Sequences and Indexes. (Special thanks to Doug Lawry for data dictionary queries)
  • Refactoring Plugin: Allows you to view SQL alterations for several refactorings or apply them directly to existing tables. Refactorings supported are Add/Modify/Drop columns and Add/Drop Primary Key.
  • MS Excel export of displayed tables - thanks to Andr� Schild for the patch
  • Enhancements to the Graph Plugin
  • Allows graphs to be saved as jpg images files instead of printing them
  • New right mouse menu item for tables: "View table in Object tree"
  • Made SQuirreL work with hxtt drivers. See www.hxtt.com. (Thanks to Yonghong Zhao for this patch)
  • DBCopy Plugin:
  • Added support for Informix and HADB. Special thanks goes to Lars Heill (Sun HADB) and Doug Lawry (IBM Informix) for help with installation/configuration and technical guidance regarding data types.
  • Promoted dialect framework to core to allow other plugins to use (Refactoring) - this version of DBCopy plugin (1.1) is now no longer compatible or supported for previous versions of SQuirreL.
  • Schema refresh on catalog combo box change: Schemas are refreshed automatically, when the user switches to another catalog. On systems that support Catalogs like Sybase or MSSQL, Schemas within a Catalog only become accessible when the catalog combo box is switched to the their Catalog. To make Schemas available in the Object Tree, Code completion etc. after a Catalog switch Schemas are now automatically refreshed.