Structured Query Language (SQL) - Cultural View of Technology
Structured Query Language (SQL) - Cultural View of Technology
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My<strong>SQL</strong> Workbench 66<br />
My<strong>SQL</strong> Workbench<br />
Developer(s) Oracle Corporation<br />
Stable release 5.1.18 / September 3, 2009<br />
Written in C# / C++ / Objective-C (Depending on platform)<br />
Operating<br />
system<br />
Cross-platform<br />
License GNU General Public License or proprietary EULA<br />
Website http://wb.mysql.com/<br />
My<strong>SQL</strong> Workbench is a visual database design tool that integrates <strong>SQL</strong> development, administration, database<br />
design, creation and maintenance into a single, seamless environment for the My<strong>SQL</strong> database system. It is the<br />
successor to DBDesigner 4 from fabFORCE.net, and replaces the previous package <strong>of</strong> s<strong>of</strong>tware, My<strong>SQL</strong> GUI Tools<br />
Bundle.<br />
History<br />
fabFORCE.net DBDesigner4<br />
DBDesigner4 is an open source visual database design and querying<br />
tool for the My<strong>SQL</strong> database released under the GPL. [1] It was written<br />
in 2002/2003 by the Austrian programmer Michael G. Zinner for his<br />
[2] [3]<br />
fabFORCE.net platform using Delphi 7 / Kylix 3.<br />
While being a physical-modeling only tool DBDesigner4 <strong>of</strong>fers a<br />
comprehensive feature set including reverse engineering <strong>of</strong> My<strong>SQL</strong><br />
databases, model-to-database synchronization, model poster printing,<br />
basic version control <strong>of</strong> schema models and a <strong>SQL</strong> query builder. [4] It<br />
is available for MS Windows and Linux. [5]<br />
Zinner was approached by representatives from My<strong>SQL</strong> AB and joined<br />
fabFORCE.net DBDesigner4<br />
the company in late 2003 to take over the development <strong>of</strong> graphical<br />
user interface (GUI) tools for My<strong>SQL</strong> which lead to the creation <strong>of</strong> the My<strong>SQL</strong> GUI Tools Bundle. [6]<br />
My<strong>SQL</strong> GUI Tools Bundle<br />
The My<strong>SQL</strong> GUI Tools Bundle is a cross-platform open source suite<br />
<strong>of</strong> desktop applications for the administration <strong>of</strong> My<strong>SQL</strong> database<br />
servers, and for building and manipulating the data within My<strong>SQL</strong><br />
databases. It was developed by My<strong>SQL</strong> AB and later by Sun<br />
Microsystems and released under the GPL. Development on the GUI<br />
Tools bundle has stopped, and is now only preserved under the<br />
Download Archives <strong>of</strong> the My<strong>SQL</strong> site. [7]<br />
The GUI Tools bundle has been superseded by My<strong>SQL</strong> Workbench,<br />
and reached its End-<strong>of</strong>-Life with the beta releases <strong>of</strong> My<strong>SQL</strong><br />
The My<strong>SQL</strong> Administrator part <strong>of</strong> GUI Tools<br />
Workbench 5.2. However, the My<strong>SQL</strong> Support team will continue to provide assistance for the bundle until June 30,<br />
2010. [8] Future releases <strong>of</strong> My<strong>SQL</strong> Workbench will add a migration plugin, providing features comparable to the
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