We have made final switch from Drizzle to MariaDB client library for mySQL plugin and mySQL datasource in Valentina Reports.
Thank to this step we have got C client library with totally same API as native mySQL client library and therefore:
a) Implement support of few results of few commands executed at once.
b) Resolve trouble of some users which have passwords in old format.
In v5.2 of Valentina Studio we have added JSON format of dumps of Database and Table. In SQL Editor’s result pane you can choose Export -> JSON also.
Now you can execute in the SQL Editor few SELECT commands at once, separated by ‘;’ and you will get few result TAB-panels opened automatically. One panel for each result.
This feature works for mySQL, PostgreSQL and SQLite starting with v5.2 of Valentina Studio
This is for working with native Valentina databases.
Read this article in the Valentina WIKI about how to work with objects Database -> Tables -> Fields that have hierarchy of Collation Settings.
The Valentina team is happy to announce that Valentina Studio supports MariaDB, the drop-in replacement for MySQL from Michael “Monty” Widenius, the creator of MySQL.
Valentina Studio 5.1 is now available for free through Mac App Store. Valentina Studio 5.1 was recently released with support for SSH, making it your best choice for working with virtual hosting services and the databases you may have stored there.
Valentina Studio on the Mac App Store also has in-app upgrading to Valentina Studio Pro for your convenience.
We have discover that ODBC driver of FileMaker 12 have major bug. While it claims that can return the number of rows in recordset, driver just crashes on such request.
Workaround is not found so far …
A user have contact us with problem that Valentina Studio hangs on connect to his Pervasive database via ODBC.
We have found that Pervasive do not understand “WHERE false” construction. It works fine with e.g. “WHERE 1 = 0”.
So we fixing our code to avoid this “WHERE false”.
Usually mySQL servers are closed to access from external IPs. Instead mySQL users are used to connect to remote host using SSH tunnel and then connect to mySQL server like from localhost.
We have add into Valentina Studio support of SSH connects to remote hosts. It is clear that it can be used for any remote DB server: Valentina Server, mySQL or PostgreSQL.
Also we have to push SSH parameters into the connection string of Valentina Reports, so now reports can connect to e.g. remote mySQL server by SSH tunnel also. Read in WIKI.
After 5.0 release we have made the first attempt to submit Valentina Studio into Apple’s Mac App Store. As expected, it was reject with a couple of fair issues and one advice to hide all PRO features in the free edition of VStudio.
Step by step we have come to a new design. On the picture you can see how start page will looks for 5.1 version of Valentina Studio (MAS).
Since we was need to remove “Projects” section anyway, we have decide to put “in-app store” of Valentina Studio on the start page instead of section “Projects”.
If a user will do in-app purchase then PRO features will be enabled and become visible. The section “Projects” will be visible again on the start page.
In 5.0 Diagrams was a PRO feature, so was available in free version only in the demo mode: you could create and edit diagram, but you was not able save it for future use.
Working on submitting of Valentina Studio into Apple’s App Store, we was asked to remove from free version any such demo-features. We have decide instead remove it completely, open half of its functionality to free edition of VStudio. In 5.1 build of Valentina Studio you will be able
Disabled will be just forward-engineering, i.e. generation of SQL scripts to produce new schema objects and change existed.
Interesting to note, that a competing product in AppStore, asks in-app purchase 70$ for reverse-engineering. Valentina Studio 5.1 will give this for free. Enjoy 🙂
5.0b60 includes significant improve of LOG files panel of Server Admin tool.
1) Now in the list of log files of a VSERVER you can see two sections. The first is named TAIL and contains only active log files. If you choose one of them, you will see tail (end) of this file with automatic refresh. This is analog of terminal tail command.
2) We have improve protocol between VSERVER and VStudio to exclude from vserver log file commands that send VStudio itself to collect information.
3) We have extend set of SNMP commands that VSERVER supports to increase performance of talk between VSERVER and VStudio. Besides, VSERVER is able proceed these commands absolutely parallel to its main job.
OS X 10.8 has option “System Settings -> Security -> General -> Allow: MAS App Store and identified developers” on default to be ON, so you cannot installed easy not signed applications and run installers. Note that 10.7 also can have this option enabled on some computers.
To resolve this issue, we have sign vstudio.app and vserver_x64.pkg installer.
Unfortunately we cannot easy sign other our installers (V4RB, V4REV, V4CC, … ) because we using third party installer. So for now, for 5.0, we going to ship these installers not signed. To run them, OS X developer should in the Finder do CTRL + click on icon of installer and choose OPEN command in the contextual menu. In this case you will see the button ALLOW in the OS X security dialog. Click it, and continue as usual.
While you are in Data Editor, you may want select group of records using value of some record at which you watch now. Todo this you was need