Version 3.1
Release Notes 3.1
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3.1.1 - Released 2002-12-09
Improvements
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General
New command line argument when starting DbVisualizer:
Usage: dbvis [options]
Options:
-up <path> Use an alternate user preferences file
Current location is:
/home/nisse/.dbvis.xml
The -up argument is useful if you want to use another XML file then the default one.
Usage: dbvis [options]
Options:
-up <path> Use an alternate user preferences file
Current location is:
/home/nisse/.dbvis.xml
The -up argument is useful if you want to use another XML file then the default one.
General
The main window now lists the name of thecurrent user preferences (XML) file in the header
Driver Manager
The Driver Manager now supports setting the order of the specified locations to load drivers from. (Drivers are searched from the top of the list).
Bugs Fixed
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Copy Selected Cells (and the Ctrl-C shortcut) in any grid did not work with Java 1.3.
The driver list in the Connection tab now only lists distinct drivers.
3.1 - Released 2002-10-20
New Features
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General
Support for JDBC drivers that
do not return any DatabaseMetaData.getTableTypes() information. (The
source of the initial problem is the driver for Polyhedra)
Charts
DbVisualizer Personal now supports charting of data! Select at least one column in a grid and then chart it. The chart customization options are many. Here are a few of them:
Charts
Line, Bar, Area, Pie, Stacks
Charts
Zooming
Charts
Enable 3D charts with rotation and
depth operations
Charts
Legend can be displayed as in-lined or as a grid.
Charts
Charts can be exported in either JPEG or PNG formats.
Tool Properties
Major redesign
of the Tool Properties dialog.
Tool Properties
New tool property to enable whether
column headers
shall be copied using Ctrl-C and export in CSV
format
Tool Properties
Now possible to customize:
Tool Properties
SQL statement separator
(was hard coded to ";" previously) (DbVisualizer Personal)
Tool Properties
Whether "go" is an
valid SQL
Statement delimiter
(DbVisualizer Personal)
Tool Properties
Line comment identifiers
(was hard coded to "#" and "//" previously)
Tool Properties
Block comment identifiers
(was hard coded to "/*" and "*/")
Database Objects
The "Data" tab for a table now supports
Filtering
Database Objects
Duplicate Database Connection
added to "Database" menu.
Database Objects
"Monitor Row Count"
and "Monitor Row Count Change"
menu choices now in the Data tab pop-up menu.
Automatically creates a monitored "New" bookmark. The monitor will
fetch the current row count for the table and the difference from last
execution of the monitor. The result is presented in a grid or chart
(DbVisualizer Personal).
SQL Commander and Monitor
Remove Empty Result Sets
choice in SQL
Commander "View" menu (DbVisualizer Personal).
SQL Commander and Monitor
SQL Log can now be
filtered by
execution
status:
SQL Commander and Monitor
Success - is
statements that
executed
successfully and did affect at least one row
SQL Commander and Monitor
Warning
-
indicates that the
statement
was successfully executed but it did not affect any rows as reported by
the JDBC driver
SQL Commander and Monitor
Error
- the
statement failed
during
execution
SQL Commander and Monitor
Click on log entry icon now adds a border
around it to make it easier
tracking visited entries
SQL Commander and Monitor
Get SQL
button in
Monitor tab is now Edit
Bookmark.
It will open the bookmark editor and select the actual
bookmark for the monitor.
SQL Commander and Monitor
Stop on warnings
added. I.e stop when a
SQL statement did not affect any
rows
SQL Commander and Monitor
Stop on warnings
added. I.e stop when a
SQL statement did not affect any
rows
Bookmarks
Now possible to specify the allowed
number of rows in a monitored grid
If the number of rows exceeds the allowed row count then the trailing
rows in the grid are removed. (This is specified for a bookmark in the
Bookmark Editor).
JDBC Driver Manager
Driver Manager now automatically executes Find
JDBC Driver when loading
a new driver location
Bugs Fixed
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The "Copy Selected Cells as
HTML" menu choice now copies the
data correctly even if columns has been moved or if the selection do
not
include the first column in the grid
Changing name of an existing
monitor now alters the name in the respective view
mode (Tabs or Windows) as well.
Number values are not quoted
anymore in DbVisualizer Free.
Having control character in the value of a
variable was in 3.0 treated as a control character and not data that was part of the value
Cursor is now (again) a vertical bar in SQL Commander
Catalog Combo in SQL Commander now appear
correctly in Windows L&F
Focus on editor in SQL Commander removed
since it trashed all short cuts