Release Notes
SQL Buddy 1.3.2
August 14, 2009
- 8 new translations have been added: العربية, Українська, Tiếng Việt, فارسی, Galego, Ivrit, Srpski, Esperanto
- Auto increment values are now properly exported
- Disabled gzip compression of css and js files to circumvent a bug in Safari 4 that prevents sqlbuddy from being used
- The export tab no longer lists the information_schema database
SQL Buddy 1.3.1
February 18, 2009
- fixed bug when scrolling through a large number of users
- fixed bug that caused a notice to be generated in certain cases when exporting
- fixed bug when assigning user privileges to databases that have special characters in their name
- fixed bug when sorting columns with special characters
- fixed bug that caused a notice to be generated about an invalid time zone
- 5 new translations have been added: Danish, Indonesian, Latviešu, Bahasa Melayu, Српски ћирилица
SQL Buddy 1.3.0
September 9, 2008
- basic support for SQLite has been added - it is possible to view table rows, edit them, insert new rows, create new tables, etc.
- when adding/editing users, it is now possible to restrict their access to certain databases
- the time that a query takes to execute is now displayed on the query tab
- if the login page is accessed over https, then the application will now load in https instead of http
- changed the column width on the database overview page to accommodate longer table names
- a SET NAMES query is now sent to prevent issues with international characters
- text areas now automatically expand depending on the amount of text that is inside them
- 12 new translations have been added: Slovenčina, Français, Magyar, 日本語, Lao, Türkçe, Português (Portugal), Slovenski, Suomi, Español (Argentina), Català, Română
- improved display of long table names
- added the ability to change passwords when editing users
SQL Buddy 1.2.9
August 17, 2008
- fixed bug that would generate an error on the homepage for windows servers
- columns with a default value of CURRENT_TIMESTAMP are now properly exported
- added 7 new translations: Español, Italiano, Nederlands, Português (Brasil), Русский, 中文 (简体), 中文 (繁體)
SQL Buddy 1.2.8
August 16, 2008
- fixed a bug in the bittersweet theme that would not allow the side menu to have a scrollbar
- fixed a bug in the query tab that would cause a php notice to be generated
- updated locale names to use localized names instead of english names
SQL Buddy 1.2.7
August 13, 2008
- added option in config.php to set how many rows are displayed at once in the browse tab
- added support for themes with a new default theme
- background dialog boxes are now given focus when they are clicked or dragged
- binary data is now hex-encoded when exporting
- tooltips are now used to display a human readable format of dates when unix timestamps appear in data on the browse tab
- fixed javascript bug where dragging objects caused text to be unintentionally selected on the page
- added resize functionality to ajax windows
- on the browse tab, if all rows are deleted, a redirect to the structure tab is sent
- added arrow links on the database overview page to quickly views the rows in a table
- all submit buttons have been changed to use input tags instead of anchor tags
SQL Buddy 1.2.6
August 1, 2008
- fixed bug with sorting columns in browse view
- fixed bug where resizing columns would not work
- fixed bug with clearing content when changing tabs
- added check to see if cURL is installed before using it
SQL Buddy 1.2.5
July 29, 2008
- added support for editing charsets when working with databases, tables, columns
- export now includes charset information for columns, tables, databases
- server/browser communication is now done using UTF-8
- fixed problem with logging out when session.auto_start is enabled
- upgraded mootools library from version 1.1 to 1.2
- dialog boxes now accept keyboard input
- added ability to switch languages
- when typing in a textarea, you can now submit the form by pressing
- added a cancel link to all edit pages
SQL Buddy 1.2.4
July 11, 2008
- added support for default values when creating a new table or editing table structure
- table overheads are now displayed on the database overview tab
- added support to optimize tables (including a keyboard shortcut)
- default values for table columns are now displayed on the structure tab
- adding an index can now be performed with multiple columns
- added support for gettext translations
- when scrolling horizontally on the browse tab, the checkboxes now remain on the left side
- table row counts are now displayed after the name of the table on the left side menu
- fixed bug with safari that would leave "artifacts" of a scrollbar after loading a new page
- added accordion-style opening/closing to the left side menu
- for the browse tab, a link has been added to each row to view the full text of that row
SQL Buddy 1.2.3
June 27, 2008
- fixed a variable in export.php that was causing a notice to be generated
SQL Buddy 1.2.2
June 25, 2008
- removed extra comma when exporting tables with default values for columns
- fixed issue that occurred when exporting several databases at once
- fixed bug with data escaping during export
- fixed handling of sql comments when importing files
- changed import page to use a much more robust implementation
- query execution has also been greatly improved
- php 4.3.0 or higher is now required (instead of 4.23)
- fixed link to refresh page when browsing data
- deleting rows in the browse tab has been improved
- added a keyboard shortcut to edit users
- changed the font from verdana to arial (displays better across a wider variety of browsers and operating systems)
- added new keyboard shortcuts for browsing result sets
- fixed a bug when resizing columns
- for editing users, structure, etc: added an automatic redirect after all rows have been edited
- added an option to rename a table on the structure tab
- new option to give new users grant privileges
- hovering over the name of a table in the sidemenu now displays the number of rows it has as a tooltip
SQL Buddy 1.2.1
June 1, 2008
- improved code to allow it to run on a setup with a high level of error reporting
- fixed bug where dropping databases would not work
- sessions handling code has been greatly improved to avoid impacting other applications running on the same server
- added host field for users tab
- linked the header logo to the Home tab
- fixed a bug with resizing textareas in Safari
- changed to an open source license!
- added the ability to edit permissions for users
- added support for keyboard shortcuts on more pages
- added a configuration option to disable automatic checking for updates
- new option to 'insert as new row' when editing
SQL Buddy 1.2
May 27, 2008
- fixed bug with update checking
- the update message on the Home tab is now less obtrusive
- fixed a height issue with the side menu
- new import/export tabs with support for sql, csv files
- query tab now displays the number of results
- much of the javascript code has been rewritten to use mootools
- permissions are now flushed when a new user is added
- fixed bug when deleting multiple users
- improved page navigation for browse tab, navigation for large resultsets should be much simpler
- added configuration options to set the default host and user
- a textbox has been added to the login screen to enter a host
- fixed a bug with the top menu when editing rows
- editing table structure is now more intuitive and it is possible to edit or delete multiple columns at once
- error message is now displayed when attempting to login using an unsupported browser
- fixed keyboard shortcuts to work in Internet Explorer
- fixed several rendering differences in Internet Explorer
SQL Buddy 1.1
May 15, 2008
- fixed a session bug
SQL Buddy 1.0
May 15, 2008
- initial release
- support for creating databases and tables
- can delete databases, empty tables, and drop tables
- ability to view, edit, and delete rows within a database table
- run custom queries and browse the result set
- manage MySQL users


