Description

dbForge Studio for MySQL is a universal GUI tool for MySQL and MariaDB database development, management, and administration. The IDE allows you to create and execute queries, develop and debug stored routines, automate database object management, analyze table data via an intuitive interface. The MySQL client delivers data and schema comparison and synchronization tools, database reporting tools, backup options with scheduling, and much more.

In addition, dbForge Studio for MySQL is a perfect alternative to MySQL Workbench. Check out the pros of our tool over MySQL Workbench!

Database Development
Building, editing, and running queries, as well as measuring and optimizing query performance get much simpler with the following functionality:

MySQL Code Completion
SQL code formatting
SQL syntax check
MySQL Debugger
Query Profiler

Database Design
Database design tools allow users to create a database diagram, objects, projects, as well as to compare and synchronize database schemas efficiently and in a user-friendly interface.

Visual query builder
Visual design and editing
Database project framework
Table Designer

Database Administration
With these features, users can manage their accounts, set up permissions, monitor open sessions and their activity, as well as perform table maintenance. In addition, it is possible to back up and restore databases to/from a backup file.

Backup and Restore
Service Control
Data Export and Import
Security Manager
Copy Database

Data Reports and Analysis
Creation of data reports and pivot tables, as well as data comparison and synchronization may take much time and efforts while your work can be more productive using the following features:

Data Report Wizard
Report Designer
Pivot Tables
Chart Designer
Command line support

Broad Compatibility Options
dbForge Studio for MySQL is compatible with:

All MySQL server versions
All MariaDB server versions
Percona PAM Authentication for MySQL
Sphinx Search Engine
...and more!

Intelligent SQL Coding
Intelligent code completion, formatting, MySQL prompt, and code snippets bring convenience and effectiveness to your SQL code writing. Code navigation, obtaining quick object information, and syntax check are performed instantly.

Database Compare and Sync
When modifying MySQL database structure, transferring data between servers, analyzing differences between databases, you will:

Compare and sync data and schemas
Schedule regular database sync tasks
Generate comparison report

Data Generator
Populate your MySQL tables with thousands of rows of realistic test data. Data Generator supports all MySQL data types, includes a large number of meaningful generators with customizable settings, and allows generating data via the command-line interface.

Documenter
A tool for generation of MySQL and MariaDB database documentation. Documenter allows you to:

Retrieve an overview of the database structure
View inter-object and inter-database dependencies
Customize documentation with style templates
Generate documentation files in the HTML, PDF and Markdown formats

Visual Query Builder
Visual query creation with diagram and expression editor. Queries of any complexity can be created in several seconds. The GUI tool automatically adds joins between tables and allows working with INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE statements.

Database Designer
Use database diagram for creating, analyzing, reverse-engineering, printing and customizing your MySQL databases and for:

Viewing foreign key relations
Displaying DB objects with properties
Execution of stored routines

Import/Export Data
Fill MySQL databases with external data using our export and import tools. They support more than 10 popular data formats and allow customizing the whole process. Templates, automating data import and data export tasks through command line are also available.

Database Backup
Dump databases in SQL format and schedule regular MySQL database backups. Use 5 levels of file compression and wide set of options to fine-tune backups. Save your settings and connections as a project for the next time or to use in the command line.

Database Administration
Tools for MySQL database administration and management include means for:

Managing user privileges
MySQL service control
Managing server variables
Table maintenance
Managing server sessions

MySQL Debugger
The first debugger for MySQL that offers step-by-step code execution, breakpoints, watches, a call stack, a variables evaluation mechanism to automate debugging of MySQL stored routines and triggers and keeps MySQL server's logic of procedure execution.

Table Designer
Visual designer for modifying or creating table structure, indexes, primary keys, defaults, and CHECK constraints. Get full control over the changes you have made. The heuristics feature will suggest a column type on creating a column based on the name you enter.

Database Refactoring
Improve MySQL database design by applying small changes. When such changes are performed, they are fully transparent and application takes care of all dependencies in the database:

Renaming database objects with preview
Refactoring script

Query Profiler
Improve multi-second queries using Query Profiler. The tool helps you detect problems and optimize SQL queries via GUI. Profiler:

Offers visual query profiling
Compares profiling results

Report and Analysis
Data reporting is performed using wizard with rich feature set, manually, or via command line. Ready reports can be imported to 9 formats and delivered to their recipients.

Group and summarize your data in pivot tables to make it easier to read and understand.

Database Projects
The Database Project is a collection of SQL scripts and query files which allows you to logically organize them in one place and in an offline mode. With this technology you can compare a database project with a database, by receiving a synchronized script, and deploy database changes.

Copy Database
Transfer MySQL Server databases from one server instance to another with a handy Copy Databases tool. The tool allows you to:

Customize copying settings
Copy databases together with data
Drop a database if it already exists on a target server

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AI Assistant is added

Context-aware query generation
Conversion of natural language to SQL
Query optimization
SQL explanations
SQL troubleshooting
Error analysis and recommendations
AI chat
Integration with the dbForge tools

Improvements

Updated color palettes for the Light and Dark skins
Refined font rendering and the coloring of syntax errors
Added Brief View to the Start Page to switch between displaying full paths to recent files and a more compact list

User-reported bug fixes

Now, selecting text enables the use of the Execute current statement command (#202077)
Fixed a variable parsing issue that prevented database comparison in Schema Compare (#195630)
Updated the document opening logic to ignore the Ping Interval command-line parameter when searching for existing connections (#196710)
Fixed comparison and synchronization of default values for binary-typed columns (#184228)
Fixed parsing issues with numeric types in the CAST function, LIMIT expressions in GROUP_CONCAT, and aliases that start with digitsFixed parsing issues with numeric types in the CAST function, LIMIT expressions in GROUP_CONCAT, and aliases that start with digits (#179123, #198266)
Fixed comparison and synchronization of default collations and character sets (#166069, u49268498)
Fixed an issue that caused function comparisons to fail when the Ignore Whitespaces option was enabled (#170362)
Fixed an error that occurred during the synchronization of column default values (#158604)
Fixed an error that occurred when comparing foreign keys (#161225)
Corrected parsing of variables in Oracle functions and procedures (#158295)
Fixed an error in detecting data types that occurred when building models from SQL scripts (#150461, #156310)
Resolved errors in object editors that occurred when working in the Oracle mode (#91548)
Fixed an error that occurred when applying filters in the Data Editor (#150897)
Fixed object search within procedures and functions (#198871)
Resolved an error that occurred when reading backup files (#176354)
Corrected checkbox behavior in the Options dialog of Schema Compare (#199635)
Fixed an unexpected inclusion of int(11) in procedure definitions (#170476, u49268672)
Resolved an error report triggered by pasting the CREATE USER statement (#159092)
Fixed the "Describe models failed! Reader: Views" error (#160188)
Fixed the "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error (#148365)
Addressed synchronization issues that occurred when comparing signed and unsigned columns (#145824, #167072)
Improved the activation error message to clearly indicate that the selected version cannot be activated due to an expired support and update period (#199783)
Added missing elapsed time display during comparison progress (#170911)
Fixed the display the BINARY data type in the data grid (#194767)

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