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Customize database options according to your needs. The detailed description is given below.

Use the option to enable SQL Maestro for MySQL to prompt for user name and password every time you connect to the database.

Show system objects

Check the option to make system objects visible.

Keep connection alive

Check the box for pinging server before each query execution.

Connect at startup

With this option on connection to the profile database is automatically established at the application startup.

New objects' names (Don't change case, Convert to upper case, Convert to lower case)

Use the option to change the case for newly created objects.

Default table engine (MyISAM, InnoDB)

Use the drop-down list to edit the storage engine to be the default engine for the current database tables.

MyISAM manages non-transactional tables. It provides high-speed storage and retrieval, as well as fulltext searching capabilities.

The InnoDB storage engine provides transaction-safe tables.

Refresh whole database on connect

Use the option along with the Show empty schemas explorer options to hide/show empty schemas in the explorer tree.

You can also change here the font color the profile name is represented at the Explorer tree.

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Setting profile options