DB2 Maestro 23.5 released
May 18, 2023
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SQL Maestro Group is happy to announce the release of DB2 Maestro 23.5,
a powerful Windows GUI solution for Sybase SQL Anywhere server administration and database development. Please consider the list of new features implemented in this version since the last official release: |
New feature highlights:
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Starting from this version it is possible to specify a custom label and/or a font color for server nodes in the
Database Explorer tree.
Picture 1. Explorer Tree: custom labels and colors
Picture 2. Edit Server Properties dialog
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Data Grid features the following things:
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Support for a number of new encryption algorithms has been added to Data Grid. Now it is possible to encrypt the value of a text column, for example, by
SHA512 or Haval224 algorithm with a couple of mouse clicks.
Picture 3. Data encryption
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Data Input Form: controls containing values of primary and foreign key columns are now marked with the 'gold key' and 'silver key' images accordingly.
Controls containing values of required (NOT NULL) columns are marked with a red asterisk.
Picture 4. Data Input Form: marking important controls
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In Data Grids and Data Input Forms computed columns are marked by a green calculator.
Picture 5. Computed columns in data grids
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Now it is possible to copy the value of the selected cell to Clipboard using grid's popup menu or Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut.
Picture 6. Data Grid: copy cell value
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Support for a number of new encryption algorithms has been added to Data Grid. Now it is possible to encrypt the value of a text column, for example, by
SHA512 or Haval224 algorithm with a couple of mouse clicks.
- Starting from this version it is possible to select a tab color for windows that belong to a certain database. This could help you to distinguish windows with the same caption but a different parent database (such as SQL Editor) with ease. The color can be specified at the Options tab in the Database Profile Properties dialog.
Picture 7. Colored tabs
Picture 8. Tab hints
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The Statistics tab has been added to the Edit Database Profile dialog. Here you can find such information as profile creation time,
total number of connections, last connection time, and so on.
Picture 9. Database Profile Statistics
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Support for Adobe Reader DC has been added to BLOB
Editor. Also the editor window now saves its size and position between times it is opened (for each table).
Picture 10. BLOB Editor
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From now on it becomes possible to execute custom SQL scripts in all database connections established by the software.
Picture 11. Custom SQL scripts settings
- Data Import features:
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Starting from this version it is possible to import empty values as empty strings (while previous versions
always imported such values as NULLs).
Picture 12. Data Import: working with empty values
- Default Data Import settings can now be set up in the Program Options dialog.
Picture 13. Data Import defaults
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Starting from this version it is possible to import empty values as empty strings (while previous versions
always imported such values as NULLs).
- Data Export: from now on it becomes possible to specify caption, width, and alignment for output columns (when applicable).
Picture 14. Data Export: customizing output columns
Picture 15. Data Export: adding current timestamp to output file name
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"Show special chars" and "Convert tabs to spaces" options have been added to the Editor settings.
Picture 16. Editor Options
In addition to this, several bugs have been fixed and some other minor improvements and corrections have been made.
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