18.9 New features
Improves the Recent Project menu selection
DBArtisan 18.9 increases the number of projects appearing in the Recent Projects. This increase improves the user experience by providing more choices for a quick selection.
Adds the ability to keep NOT TRUSTED when modifying FK constraints
DB2 for LUW users now can use the NOT TRUSTED function when modifying foreign key (referential) constraints. Trusted/not trusted context affects how your application server interacts with the database server.
Improves performance for DB2 users
This release of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL can take advantage of performance improvements for DB2 users with updates to:
- tablespaces to allow null values, allowing users to formulate queries easily to allow for calculations by not including empty rows.
- the tablespace partition by range, ensuring accurate data and avoiding bottlenecks.
Includes enhanced Sybase optimization in DB Optimizer
DB Optimizer users will notice updated profiling to accurately show the sessions.
18.9 Fixed issues
| Issue Number | Description | DBMS |
|---|---|---|
| DBA-34820 | Resolves an issue preventing indexes from appearing on the Indexes table of a Table. | Azure SQL DB |
| DBA-34912 | Adds a new NOT TRUSTED function when modifying foreign key (referential) constraints. | DB2 for LUW |
| DBA-34914 | Resolves an issue causing Tablespaces to display null values when running queries against DB2 databases. | DB2 for LUW |
| DBA-34916 | Resolves an issue causing an empty Space tab when viewing some database segments. | |
| DBA-34920 | Provides the ability to increase the number of files in the Recent Project menu. | |
| DBA-34948 | Resolves an issue preventing some users from opening or extracting Views. | ALL |
| DBA-34950 | Supports UI text size comparable to the browser font size. | |
| OPT-5390 | Resolves a DB Optimizer issue preventing some Sybase users from viewing content when performing a session profile. | Sybase |
| RAP-6257 | Resolves a Rapid SQL installation error indicating you must install MS Visual C++ redistributables. | ALL |
18.8 New features
Adds support of authorizations for PostgreSQL through Google Cloud
This release of DB PowerStudio provides authorizations for PostgreSQL through Google Cloud for all DB PowerStudio products (DBArtisan, Rapid SQL, DB Change Manager, and DB Optimizer).
18.8 Fixed issues
| Issue Number | Description | DBMS |
|---|---|---|
| DBA-34801 | Resolves an issue preventing the Login tab from showing the correct value for Password Expire. | Sybase ASE |
DBA-34831 | Resolves an issue causing DBArtisan to crash after unregistering an Azure SQL DataSource and refreshing. | SQL Azure |
DBA-34877 | Resolves an issue causing DBArtisan to crash when clicking Refresh after unregistering a DataSource. | |
DBA-34930 | Resolves an issue preventing Varchar(max) from displaying more than 8kb of data. | SQL Server |
SC-14845 | [Change Manager] Resolves an issue preventing PDF exports. | |
SC-14858 | [Change Manager] Resolves an issue caused when attempting to generate a Configuration Archive report. | |
SC-14861 | [Change Manager] Allows users to use Schema Compare on a Sybase table with defaults. | Sybase ASE |
18.7 New features
Enhances Security authorizations
DB PowerStudio 18.7 users can now leverage multi-factor authentication (MFA) using the identity provider Microsoft Entra, formerly Azure Active Directory (AD), when connecting to Oracle. When logging into Oracle, you can users gain the inherent security policies and procedures from Microsoft Entra by entering your password only once.
Adds support for Azure DevOps for source control
This release of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL includes support for Azure DevOps for source control. Users gain the benefits of planning, collaborating, and code development using Azure DevOps Git repository for Project management. This feature allows developers to log in to Azure DevOps via a token and manage their code for history, check-in, and checkout capabilities.
18.7 Fixed issues
| Issue Number | Description | DBMS |
|---|---|---|
| DBA-34685 | Updates the Monitor button to open a separate tab rather than simply a frame. | |
DBA-34842 | Resolves an issue where extracting DDL for a Job returns single rather than double quotation marks. | Oracle |
DBA-34905 OPT-5381 SC-14846 | Supports multi-factor authentication for Oracle through Microsoft Entra. | Oracle |
DBA-34906 | Displays syntax changed in the parser. | Snowflake |
DBA-34907 | Adds support for Azure DevOps Services. | |
RAP-6226 | Resolves an issue causing a data Cache size discrepancy in DBArtisan. | Sybase ASE |
SC-14840 | [Change Manager] Allows users to use native database tools in synchronization scripts when moving data. | |
SC-14841 | [Change Manager] Adds a new Compare option to Ignore Identity Properties in your Schema Comparison jobs. | |
SC-14844 | [Change Manager] Provides better comparison results by parsing Trigger content rather than comparing whole text. | DB2 for LUW |
SC-14849 | [Change Manager] Resolves an issue with an incorrect syntax of the CREATE TABLE SQL statement. | DB2 for LUW |
SC-14850 | [Change Manager] Allows users to choose whether to use the DBA or ALL view of Permissions in Oracle sys Tables. | Oracle |
18.6 New features
Allows users to connect to PostgreSQL through Azure Active Directory
This release of DB PowerStudio allows users to connect to PostgreSQL through Azure Active Directory.
Adds support for PostgreSQL profiling in DB Optimizer
DB Optimizer 18.6 allows users to select PostgreSQL for a profiling session.
Adds multi-factor authentication for MS SQL Server in DB Optimizer and DB Change Manager
DB Optimizer and DB Change Manager users now can use multi-factor authentication for Microsoft SQL Server.
18.6 Fixed issues
| Issue Number | Description | DBMS |
|---|---|---|
| DBA-34549 | Resolves an issue where some MySQL users received an error when trying to create a new user account. | MySQL |
| DBA-34656 | Resolves an issue preventing some Amazon Redshift users from being able to select a '''Database''', '''Owner''', or '''Object''' when using the Paste SQL wizard in the SQL Editor. | Amazon Redshift |
| DBA-34686 | Resolves an issue causing an error when a user attempts to delete any collection programmed into Capacity Analyst or any task programmed in DBArtisan using root user and administrator user. | Sybase ASE |
| DBA-34758 | Resolves Performance Analyst issues causing some Sybase users to receive an invalid column name error and an occasional DBArtisan crash when exiting the Performance Analyst. | Sybase ASE |
| DBA-34767 | Resolves an issue resulting in an empty Migrations Options screen. | |
| DBA-34820 | Resolves an issue preventing indexes from being dropped or appearing in the table editor. | |
| DBA-34851 | Resolves an issue where the DBArtisan project file was not created when you create a new project from the Version Control Project. | |
| DBA-34865 | Resolves an issue where DBArtisan cannot properly identify the Sybase client install in the machine. | Sybase ASE |
| DBA-34871 | Resolves an issue causing the system to create extended alter statements for any modification on a table. | Db2 for LUW |
| DBA-34874 | Adds support for connecting to PostgreSQL through Azure AD. | PostgreSQL |
| DBA-34875 | Adds support for authentication for Amazon Redshift through IAM. | Amazon Redshift |
| OPT-5351 | Adds support for Postgres profiling session. | PostgreSQL |
| OPT-5379 | Adds support for multi-factor authentication for DB optimizer for SQL Server. | SQL Server |
| RAP-6222 | Resolves an issue preventing users from being able to highlight multiple tables at once. | |
| SC-14820 | Resolves an issue causing a blank Refinements page when creating the Configuration Comparison job when two Azure SQL DB data sources are registered. | Azure SQL |
| SC-14833 | Resolves an issue preventing the display of more than 1,000 Objects in the Database Objects explorer. | |
| SC-14835 | Adds support for multi-factor authentication for Change Manager for SQL Server. | SQL Server |
18.5 New features
Includes improvements in support of Db2 for LUW
Adds binary column support for Db2 for LUW
This release of DB PowerStudio includes binary column support for Db2 for LUW, which enhances efficiency, performance, and storage utilization in DBArtisan, DB Change Manager, and Rapid SQL.
Improves synchronization script in DB Change Manager
When using Db2 for LUW in DB Change Manager, the synchronization script now applies the appropriate order to be more efficient.
Improves efficiency in DBArtisan, DB Change Manager, and Rapid SQL
DB PowerStudio 18.5 includes operational ease and efficiency improvements for DBArtisan, DB Change Manager, and Rapid SQL.
Updates stored procedures functionality when using Redshift
Redshift users of DBArtisan and Rapid SQL can take advantage of stored procedures which are now added to allow parameter nodes. You now can route these particular requests through the nodes if it satisfies the predicate, allowing more control for the user.
Updates supported database versions
DB PowerStudio 18.5 adds support for the following database versions:
- Db2 for LUW 11.5.x (DBArtisan, DB Change Manager, and Rapid SQL)
- MySQL 8.0 and later (DBArtisan and Rapid SQL)
- PostgreSQL 14.x (DBArtisan, DB Optimizer, and Rapid SQL)
18.5 Fixed issues
| Issue Number | Description | DBMS |
|---|---|---|
| DBA-34863 | Resolves an issue with DBArtisan where BINARY and VARBIN string types are not supported | Db2 for LUW |
| DBA-34859 | Adds support PostgreSQL 14.x | PostgreSQL |
| DBA-34844 | Adds support Db2 LUW - 11.5.x | Db2 for LUW |
| DBA-34814 | Adds support MySQL 8.0 or latest release | MySQL |
| DBA-34658 | Resolves an issue preventing some Redshift users from editing parameters for Stored Procedures | Amazon Redshift |
| DBA-34657 | Resolves an issue causing DBArtisan to not display all Redshift parameter modes when creating a Stored Procedure | Amazon Redshift |
| DBA-34618 | Resolves an issue causing an error for some PostgreSQL 12.3 users when they double-click a domain to open the editor | PostgreSQL |
| SC-14832 | CHANGE MANAGER: Resolves an issue causing only two tables to appear in Mapping and Materialized Query Tables | Db2 for LUW |