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It’s been a short 2 months since our 0.9.9 release with 75,000 copies downloaded to your docks and we already have more goodies to share. This bugfix release  gives us a chance to sort out some of the most reported bugs from our users. We also snuck in the new Lion fullscreen feature and polished up a few rough edges that showed up on Lion machines. Enjoy!!

If you happen to encounter any bugs check the issue tracker first, and report anything new you find. Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

If you use Sequel Pro on a regular basis, please consider donating $10 or $20 to the project.

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It’s been a long year for us, and we hope you haven’t missed us too much. We have been working hard the whole time creating the most feature rich Sequel Pro we have ever released.

Seriously, you don’t want to miss this update! Start Downloading!

User Interface Features

• We now have tabs in the main connection window, allowing multiple connections in one window
• A new bundle (plugin) system makes it easy to add new features to sequel pro, in almost any scripting language. You can share your bundles at http://www.sequelpro.com/bundles/share/
• Improved keyboard navigation throughout the app
• Better Mac OS X integration with a QuickLook plugin for viewing files sequel pro can open (including SQL dumps)
• Improved auto-completion and syntax colors in the SQL editor
• Literally hundreds more usability improvements
• Perform a Find (⌘F) while browsing a table now presents an interface to quickly create and apply a WHERE filter.

Translation Support

• Added German and Russian translation and support for translation for many other languages
• Many other languages are already in progress. Please help us finish your language by visiting http://translate.sequelpro.com/

Database Features

• Can now add/rename/browse databases
• Improved compatibility with many servers where we previously had issues connecting or maintaining a reliable connection
• Built in support for additional data types/index types/table structures
• Better performance when browsing large tables
• All new Import/Export system, much more powerful, faster with large data sets, and easier to use

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Download Sequel Pro 0.9.9 Now! [Full list of changes and fixes]

It’s been quite a long time since our last release, but we haven’t been idle; we’re happy to present you with a release candidate of the next version of Sequel Pro: 0.9.9.

Please download a copy of the application, test, and report any bugs you find.

Highlights of the new features in this version are: translation support, plugin support, tabbed window support,  QuickLook, new index creation interface, overhauled and unified export interface, improved import interface with much better CSV field mapping, a server navigator, improved data type support including spatial data support, improved table views and much improved stability.  There are however many, many more features to discover; some of the changes in this version are included in the release notes – click through to the full post to see them.

Check the issue tracker and report any new bugs you find in this release.

Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

Download 0.9.9 Release Candidate

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We’re hard at work on Sequel Pro 0.9.9, with a range of new features – including Tabs, overhauled Export interface and functionality, and improved Procedure support and Multiple result sets.

At the same time, we’ve been collecting your submitted bug reports – thank you very much to everyone who has been submitting those, especially those of you who described what you were doing and with steps to reproduce the issue if you could work it out!

As a result of these we’re releasing a bugfix release which should fix a range of crashes, exceptions, hangs and irritations.

We’ll aim to release bugfixes more often in future.

If you happen to encounter any bugs check the issue tracker first, and report anything new you find. Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

If you use Sequel Pro on a regular basis, please consider donating $10 or $20 to the project.

Download Now! | Release Notes | Donate

This post is also available in the following languages:
Belorussian, Russian (courtesy of Patricia Clausnitzer)

We would like to give our wonderful developers a pat on the back (and a high five) and a thank you to you especially, the users, for downloading and telling your friends how great you think Sequel Pro is!

While we’re in a party mood, we are happy to announce the release of Sequel Pro 0.9.8!

Take a look at this list, there’s something here for everyone:

• User Management
• 64 bit Build
• Table triggers support
• Custom query:
• - placeholder support including lists
• - text macros and tab triggers
• Improved autocomplete (including table and field names)
• Overhauled CSV mapping interface including defaults and updates
• Improved printing support
• Stability++
• New crash reporter for you to help us make finding bugs easier!

Read the full release notes for a more detailed list of changes.

If you happen to encounter any bugs check the issue tracker first, and report anything new you find. Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

If you use Sequel Pro on a regular basis, please consider donating $10 or $20 to the project.

Download Now! | Release Notes | Donate

Today we are offering a new release candidate of our next version of Sequel Pro 0.9.8.

Download a copy of the app, test and report any bugs you find. Please focus your testing on the following new features:

• User management
• Table triggers support
• Custom query placeholder support including lists, custom query text macros and tab triggers
• Improved custom query autocomplete including table and field names
• Overhauled CSV mapping interface including defaults and updates
• Improved printing support
• Greatly improved stability
• New crash reporter

Sequel Pro is now a full 64 bit build.

Check the issue tracker and report any new bugs you find in this release.

Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

Update: We’ve fixed over 20 issues thanks to your testing – Release Candidate 2 is now available and is linked below.

Download 0.9.8 Release Candidate 2 | Full Release Notes

This version brings a lot of new features and improvements:

• New application icon!!
• New server processes panel
• Query favourites editor
• Filter editor
• Improved tooltips including image previews
• Pagination interface for the content view
• Much faster (and more stable) import and export
• Early support for document-based connections
• Ability to stop custom query and content loads
• Introduction of threading for some tasks

Read the full release notes for a more detailed list of changes.

Note we have made changes to the way Query Favourites are stored. If you use Query Favourites and anticipate that you will revert to 0.9.6 please read this article on Backing up your Preferences file.

Check the issue tracker and report any new bugs you find in this release.
Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

If you use Sequel Pro on a regular basis, please consider donating $10 or $20 to the project.

Download Now! | Release Notes | Donate

You can take the new icon for a spin in our latest 0.9.7 Release Candidate.

We thought it was time for a new icon! The inspiration behind this great icon was to create something that really represented visually what we want from Sequel Pro: an easy-to-use Mac database client.

The dolphin legacy

The dolphin (synonymous with MySQL – the world’s most popular open source database) was first featured in the icon created by Walter Lee Davis for the original CocoaMySQL. We carried the dolphin into the Sequel Pro icon all the way up to our 0.9.6 release, but now it’s time to say goodbye!

MySQL will always be our primary database, but our roadmap also includes support for SQLite and PostgreSQL. So, when deciding on what to include in our new Sequel Pro icon we decided that the database disks could stay, but the dolphin had to go. Sorry!

We are pitching ourselves for a spot in your dock alongside some of the best mac developer tools including Coda, Things and Versions (among others); we really think you’ll love this new icon in your dock!

About the icon

The icon was created by Na Wong, an extremely talented designer from Hong Kong whose work you might have seen before in Postman (iPhone), EventBox (now called Socialite) and Dropzone.

Graphic Artist/UI Designer Wanted

Na recently gave up freelance work to work at SourceBits, so we are now looking for a new graphic artist to fill his shoes.  If you have a portfolio of  exceptional work, preferably experience with Mac icons we would love to hear from you.

The release candidate of Sequel Pro 0.9.7 is ready for your testing pleasure.

Highlights of the new features in this version are:

• New application icon!!
• New server processes panel
• Query favourites editor
• Filter editor
• Improved tooltips including image previews
• Pagination interface for the content view
• Much faster (and more stable) import and export
• Early support for document-based connections
• Ability to stop custom query and content loads
• Introduction of threading for some tasks

Check the issue tracker and report any new bugs you find in this release.
Any questions can be posted to Google Groups.

Download 0.9.7 Release Candidate | Full Release Notes

Note to testers: We have made changes to the way Query Favourites are stored. If you use Query Favourites and anticipate that you will revert to 0.9.6 or run both 0.9.6 and this release candidate side by side please read this article on Backing up your Preferences file.

Version 0.9.6 is a major upgrade. SSH Tunnel support is now built right in to Sequel Pro. You can now filter long lists of tables and sort/edit your custom query results. We now have built-in foreign key support and have included some significant speed and memory usage improvements.

Download Now! | Release Notes | New* Keyboard Shortcuts

New Feature Screenshots

SSH Tunnel Support

Foreign Key Support

Foreign Key Support