DBFree: java database manipulation tool / News: Recent posts

New features:
- status bar with connection and transaction icons
- button panel with transaction control buttons
- menus with plugin integration
- 'run from file' feature for Query Browser plugin capabable of running any size file
- drag and drop connections between drivers
- double-click connect and other usability enhancements
- auto-detection refresh when one plugin executes a command that changes data for another plugin
- improved SQL statement parsing
- auto-update feature to automatically list and install updates (alpha)
- Connection/driver transfer between clients (alpha)
- Table-name auto-completion in Query Browser plugin... read more

More stable, quicker and with new features, milestone 6 is starting to look like a real product.

Next milestone will include an auto-update feature, and driver/connection transfer.

MIlestone 5 is now available for public consumption, featuring:

(1) SQL syntax highlighting
(2) SQL auto-completion
(3) Auto-sensing driver management

The first draft of DBFree has now been uploaded to Sourceforge for the general public. Going beyond the initial scope of the project goals, v01 has created a framework for independent components to exist. Two demonstration components have been created, code-named Lieutenant and DBCommander, which enable users to perform the core tasks of database manipulation.

The initial scope of the project was to create a useful DB manipulation tool which could run SQL commands against any database connection, and view the structure and content of a given database connection. Version 0.1 goes further, and provides a framework within which compliant components can exist. Components are provided with connections, thread pools, a progress bar, a console, a tool bar and a menu bar.... read more