[Squirrel-SQL-announce] SQuirreL 1.1beta6 and plugin updates released

[Colin B. <col...@te...>]

Version 1.1beta6 is now available. Downloads are
available at
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=28383&release_id=107175

All plugins have been updated for the new version of SQuirreL.

The changes in this release include:

Enhancements
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- Run View Logs in a thread.
- Doubleclick in the memory status panel will now
run garbage collection.
- Add Mckoi and Think SQL drivers to the default
drivers.
- Add menu item allowing reconnection to the
database.
- Add a "Row Count" tab to the Tables tabbed folder.
- Add a "Status" tab to the database node in the
object tree.
- Can now select directories as well as jars in the
extra class path tab in driver maintenance.
- Errors are now displayed in the sessions message
panel in red (Victor Ott).
- Rewrite of the object tree code.
- Show both schemas and catalogs in the object tree
for databases that support both.
- Added "Help", "Change Log" and "Licence" options
to Help menu for SQuirreL and for plugins.
- Documentation updated.
- Allow for errors in ResultSet.getBoolean()
implementation.
- Axion and Mimer added to default drivers
- Added "Dump Application" and "Dump Session"
options to menus to aid in debugging issues with
different drivers and databases.

Bug Fixes
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- Fix bug where closing the "New Session"
properties dialog would make the
object tree tabbed panel change back to the first
tab.
- Fix "too tall" About Box under the first beta of
JDK1.4.1
- When output type (text or table) is changed all
existing panels are now updated.
- Expand first level of object tree for JDBC/ODBC
bridge when session first started.
- Handle sorting by different data types in tables.
- Fix XMLBeanWriter to transparently handle arrays
of strings.
- Fix error handling in data types display.

Plugin API
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- Add ability to load jars in a plugins lib directory.
- Move APIs from ISession to their own classes.
- Add API to add nodes to the object tree.
- Add API to add tabs to the object tree details panel.
- Add API to add options to the object tree popup
menu. 

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Colin Bell
http://squirrel-sql.sf.net