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REDEXPERT 2024.01 HAS BEEN RELEASED

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New version of RedExpert 2024.01 is available.

Added:

  • Support of work with database statistics:
    • Obtaining database statistics via services
    • Parsing DB statistics from a file
    • DB statistics comparing
  • Data import support from XLSX and XML files
  • Export/import of data with BLOB type
  • Ability to select columns when exporting data
  • Ability to transfer data from one database to another
  • Database metadata extracting into SQL-script
  • SQL-queries executing to a file directly
  • Transaction parameters support in the Query Editor
  • Query execution in several connections simultaneously
  • Transaction confirmation window when closing the Query Editor and the “Data” tab of tables and views
  • Displaying connection and database properties (such as server, page size, database file size, etc.)
  • Ability to copy column names from a Result Set
  • “Triggers” tab for views
  • Ability to configure database connection timeout
  • Updated data import and export panels

Fixed:

  • Display tables with “NONE” encoding
  • Recognizing VARCHAR and CHAR types other than undefined subtype and with fixed binary data
  • Reloading of views after making changes
  • Auto-completion: by occurrence, not by string start
  • UDF opening errors
  • Editing foreign keys
  • Copying connection with encoding
  • Editing data in columns with names containing spaces
  • Disappearance of the edited procedure text on the “DDL” tab when switching tabs
  • Searching for database objects in the connection tree with names containing ‘$’
  • GUI defects when double-clicking on a table name in the Query Editor
  • Limitations on the number of characters and maximum value when editing field value with INT128 type
  • SQL code generation for external UDR functions, indexes and constraints
  • Table Validation with a large number of fields and indexes
  • Profiler buttons availability when switching between application tabs
  • Display PUBLIC role in the “Users” group in the Grant Manager
  • Focus shift when changing a filter field in the Grant Manager
  • Updating the list of triggers for tables and views when adding a new trigger
  • Updating the list of table fields when they are changed

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RedExpert 2023.10.1 has been released

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New version of RedExpert 2023.10.1 is available.

Added:

  1. “Properties” tab on the database table editing panel.
  2. Configuring SQL templates from the Menu -> Tools.
  3. Checkbox “Automatic text wrapping” in the text browser of data with the BLOB type.
  4. Ability to specify a relative path to the log file in the settings.
  5. View blobs of PDF type.
  6. Autocomplete when editing table triggers for <new.> and <old.>.
  7. Ability to change column position.
  8. Ability to (not)check changes in column positions during DB comparison.
  9. Changing a cursor in the Query Editor while holding down the CTRL button when hovering over an object that can be opened.
  10. Restart the application only after saving several settings
  11. Target and source database exchange button on the comparison panel.

Fixed:

  1. ODBC driver support has been terminated.
  2. Recreation a role when adding a comment  for it.
  3. Errors of editing table foreign keys.
  4. Inability to add a comment to the index through the editing window.
  5. Adding extra versions of Red Expert to the list of Windows applications when installing a new version of the application over the old one.
  6. Action taken when clicking the Select Displayed Dataset Columns button when the Results Pane is closed.
  7. Selecting  table rows to be deleted after closing the “Data” tab and canceling the deletion.
  8. An error when the “Close all tabs” button did not close all tabs.
  9. Incorrect error handling during update.
  10. Syntax highlighting for multi-line identifiers.
  11. Application crash if user settings are broken.
  12. DDL generation for ARRAY, NUMERIC and DECIMAL columns.
  13. Improved autocomplete support for Firebird aliases and keywords.
  14. Working with tables with name length more than31
  15. Updated links for automatic Java downloads.
  16. Unreasonable memory consumption.
  17. Incorrect display of the red_expert.ico file.
  18. Functioning of such application settings as:
    1. highlighting the current line;
    2. number of saved log files;
    3. selected text color;
    4. alternative editor background;
    5. editor font color;
    6. alternative highlight color.

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New version of RedExpert 2022.05 is available

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Added:

  1. Support for Firebird/RedDatabase 4 type
  2. Tablespaces support
  3. Explained plan support for Firebird/RedDatabase 3.0 and higher
  4. Table related triggers tab and navigation
  5. Editing objects in the database browser
  6. Execution of procedures and functions when viewing and editing them
  7. Ability to place the editor vertically or horizontally
  8. Search by text in any SQL-field

Fixed:

  1. Calculating trigger type using bitwise operations
  2. Reloading of system objects after creating a table via GUI
  3. Continue data generation when data mismatch error occurs
  4. Generating SQL for a procedure without parameters
  5. Reloading the object tree during CREATE OR ALTER and RECREATE operations
  6. Autocomplete freeze
  7. Commenting/uncommenting using “CTRL + /”
  8. Generate name for new connection
  9. Display in the center of the primary monitor when there are two monitors in Linux systems
  10. Show connection page without scrollbar
  11. Generate INSERT queries for DEFAULT fields

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New version of RedExpert 2022.02 is available

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Added:

  1. Edit object button
  2. Password request dialog if password is empty
  3. Ability to work with cursors in a procedure
  4. Downloading updates in the background

Fixed:

  1. Request for saving data when closing a dialog box
  2. Displaying tables on Firebird with version less than 2.5
  3. Generating a function creation request with EXTERNAL NAME
  4. Inability to set the order of the index fields
  5. Incorrect display of dependencies
  6. Wrong generated column edit query when using a domain
  7. Syntax highlighting in views
  8. Recognition of object names in queries if they are at the beginning of a string
  9. Error adding a record with IDENTITY field
  10. Autocomplete errors in queries with aliases
  11. Tab-indexing order on connection page
  12. Wrong error “TABLE is in use” on attempt to remove table
  13. Error opening browser in Linux
  14. Index is active by default when created
  15. Modified the update dialogs
  16. High CPU load after connect
  17. DDL command generation error due to case-sensitive identifiers
  18. Connecting to a database immediately after it is created
  19. Commit transactions after they have been used
  20. Re-executing an SQL script without mandatory commit/rollback after a previous run
  21. Option to set null for string parameters in the parameter dialogue

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New version of RedExpert 2020.10 has been released

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New version of RedExpert 2020.10 has been released.

Fixes:

  • A value of a variable is not lost when editing a procedure.
  • Object names are quoted only when necessary.
  • Removed redundancy in variable declarations.
  • Generation of a random date (There was an error that the minimum is greater than the maximum).
  • Comments to variables are not lost when editing a procedure.
  • Roles which were not created by a user have been moved under the system roles branch.
  • Few first characters in the cell are displayed instead of ‘CLOB DATA’.
  • Removed the unreasonable occurrence of the error about the loss of connection with the server.
  • Fixed generation of table DDL statement.
  • Fixed generation of procedure DDL statement.
  • Fixed generation of trigger DDL statement.
  • Fixed display of table constraints.
  • Fixed display of release notes in the application.

Improvements:

  • Added the ability to use autoddl when executing a script.
  • Added the ability to manage update rule and delete rule for foreign keys.
  • Added the ability to use autocomplete without hotkeys.
  • Added the ability to delete user settings when uninstalling the application.
  • Added the ability to work with collates of character sets in datatypes.

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New version of RedExpert 2020.08 has been released

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New version of RedExpert 2020.08 has been released.

The main changes:

  • the launch of the program and the search for Java have been completely redesigned. Now if Java is not found, it is suggested to specify the path manually or download Java automatically;
  • fixed display of system objects (generators, domains and functions that are not defined by the user are not displayed in the main nodes);
  • fixed execution of the script containing “execute block”;
  • fixed editing procedure with declare variables block;
  • removed the type of object while copying the name;
  • fixed display of tables if “RDB $ RELATION_TYPE IS NULL”;
  • fixed bugs with autoincrement while creating and editing tables;
  • other minor fixes.

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RedExpert: free open source tool for Firebird administration from RedSoft

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RedSoft, Platinum Sponsor of Firebird Foundation and contributor of Firebird Project development, has introduced the new major version of the free open-source multi-platform tool for administration and development of Firebird databases: RedExpert v2020.04.1.

The new version introduces:a test data generator, database object dependencies, and many other improvements and bug fixes.
Download here RedExpert installation and binaries.

Join RedExpert development
If you like RedExpert as a tool and as an idea of a free multi-platform high-quality tool for Firebird, and if you have experience as a Java developer or tester, or simply as advanced Firebird user, please join the development effort: RedExpert sources are available in GitHub, please submit your pull-requests there, and send your feedback, bug reports, suggestions, etc to Issues section on GitHub.