[ANN] DbTalk 0.72

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I would like to announce a new release of my Ruby project DbTalk.
The project page can be found at http://www.insula.cz/dbtalk/

DbTalk is an interactive GUI based tool for database querying, programming,
administration etc. It consists of three basic parts:

  • SQL editor
  • query result viewer
  • database structure viewer

Important features of DbTalk are:

  • ODBC support
  • native support for MySQL
  • native support for PostgreSQL (UNIX only)
  • multiple database/server connections with easily configurable profiles
  • editing and testing of multiline SQL commands (e.g. procedure definitions)
    with syntax highlighting and text completion (SQL + table and column
    names)
  • saving SQL queries into files for later use
  • nice tabular view of returned data
  • tree view of the database structure
  • GPL

The current version of DbTalk is 0.72. Comparing to the older version
changes are as follows:

  • The ODBC module was improved and the bug in cursor reading was removed
    (thanks to Erich Roos for his research).
  • DbTalk supports database schemas in PostgreSQL 7.3+.
  • DbTalk now captures stderr on UNIX to catch notifications from the
    PostgreSQL library.
  • There is now a basic transaction support. It is possible to switch
    autocommit mode and send commit and rollback commands with toolbar
    buttons.
  • The built-in editor recognizes new keywords: ‘schema’, ‘abort’, ‘start’,
    ‘transaction’, ‘isolation level’, ‘read committed’, 'serializable ',
    ‘case’ and ‘full’.
  • The profile administration is slightly improved.
  • DbTalk is now compatible with the latest stable Ruby (1.6.8) and FXRuby
    (1.0.20) versions.
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“Dalibor Sramek” dali@epot.cz wrote in message

Important features of DbTalk are:

  • ODBC support
  • native support for MySQL
  • native support for PostgreSQL (UNIX only)

Dalibor,

I liked your new and improved Home Page.

I was there just two days ago and did not see the Dependency chart (in Pink
and Green). It also took forever to download the earlier release (more than
15 minutes for only 132KB download on a Cable Modem !).

Now it is much faster and better documented.

Are there any plans to support native ADO ?

Thanks,
– shanko