<s>
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
is	O
a	O
visual	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
tool	O
that	O
integrates	O
SQL	B-Language
development	O
,	O
administration	B-General_Concept
,	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
,	O
creation	O
and	O
maintenance	O
into	O
a	O
single	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
for	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
DBDesigner	B-Language
4	O
from	O
fabFORCE.net,	O
and	O
replaces	O
the	O
previous	O
package	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
Tools	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DBDesigner4	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
visual	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
and	O
querying	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
being	O
a	O
physical-modeling	O
only	O
tool	O
DBDesigner4	B-Language
offers	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
feature	O
set	O
including	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
databases	O
,	O
model-to-database	O
synchronization	O
,	O
model	O
poster	O
printing	O
,	O
basic	O
version	O
control	O
of	O
schema	O
models	O
and	O
a	O
SQL	B-Language
query	O
builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
MS	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2003	O
,	O
Zinner	O
was	O
approached	O
by	O
representatives	O
from	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
and	O
joined	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
graphical	O
user	O
interface	O
(	O
GUI	O
)	O
tools	O
for	O
MySQL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
Tools	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
Tools	O
Bundle	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
open	O
source	O
suite	O
of	O
desktop	O
applications	O
for	O
the	O
administration	B-General_Concept
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
servers	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
building	O
and	O
manipulating	O
the	O
data	O
within	O
MySQL	B-Application
databases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
MySQL	B-Application
AB	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
the	O
GUI	O
Tools	O
bundle	O
has	O
stopped	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
now	O
only	O
preserved	O
under	O
the	O
Download	O
Archives	O
of	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GUI	O
Tools	O
bundle	O
has	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
,	O
and	O
reached	O
its	O
End-of-Life	O
with	O
the	O
beta	O
releases	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
5.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
Support	O
team	O
continued	O
to	O
provide	O
assistance	O
for	O
the	O
bundle	O
until	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
preview	O
version	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
not	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
Tools	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
was	O
started	O
again	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
was	O
set	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
flagship	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
numbering	O
was	O
started	O
at	O
5.0	O
to	O
emphasise	O
that	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
was	O
developed	O
as	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
DBDesigner4	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
5.0	O
and	O
5.1	O
are	O
specialized	O
visual	O
database	B-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
tools	O
for	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
5.0	O
was	O
a	O
MS	O
Windows-only	O
product	O
,	O
cross-platform	O
support	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
5.1	O
and	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
5.2	O
the	O
application	O
has	O
evolved	O
to	O
a	O
general	O
database	O
GUI	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apart	O
from	O
physical	O
database	O
modeling	O
it	O
features	O
an	O
SQL	B-Language
Editor	O
,	O
database	O
migration	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
database	O
server	O
administration	B-General_Concept
interface	O
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
old	O
MySQL	B-Application
GUI	O
Tools	O
Bundle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
Team	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
working	O
on	O
Version	O
6.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
Team	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Version	O
6.1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
19	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
Team	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Version	O
6.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
are	O
shortcut	O
buttons	O
for	O
common	O
operations	O
,	O
"	O
pinning	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
results	O
tab	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Access	O
Migration	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
Fabric	O
Integration	O
,	O
Spatial	B-Algorithm
View	O
Panel	O
to	O
visualize	O
spatial	B-Algorithm
and	O
geometry	O
data	O
,	O
Geometry	O
Data	O
Viewer	O
,	O
Result	O
Set	O
Width	O
,	O
SQL	B-Language
editor	O
tabs	O
are	O
properly	O
saved	O
,	O
Shared	O
Snippets	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
Run	O
SQL	B-Language
Script	I-Language
dialog	O
,	O
Model	O
Script	O
Attachments	O
,	O
Client	O
Connections	O
management	O
has	O
a	O
new	O
"	O
Show	O
Details	O
"	O
window	O
where	O
more	O
information	O
about	O
connections	O
,	O
locks	O
,	O
and	O
attributes	O
is	O
displayed	O
,	O
performance	O
columns	O
can	O
display	O
sizes	O
in	O
KB	O
,	O
MB	O
,	O
or	O
GB	O
,	O
the	O
migration	O
wizard	O
can	O
resume	O
operations	O
of	O
data	O
copying	O
if	O
interrupted	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
connection	O
password	O
is	O
remembered	O
across	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
session	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
Team	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
public	O
beta	O
release	O
of	O
Version	O
6.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
features	O
include	O
a	O
"	O
fast	O
migration	O
"	O
option	O
to	O
migrate	O
the	O
data	O
from	O
the	O
command-line	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
GUI	O
,	O
a	O
SSL	O
certificate	O
generator	O
,	O
improved	O
SQL	B-Language
auto-completion	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
table	O
data	O
import	O
and	O
export	O
wizard	O
,	O
and	O
MySQL	B-Application
Enterprise	O
Firewall	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6.3.8	O
,	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
for	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
has	O
incompatibilities	O
with	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
6.3.9	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
Sierra	O
,	O
however	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
work	O
on	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
High	O
Sierra	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacOS	B-Operating_System
High	O
Sierra	O
users	O
need	O
to	O
run	O
version	O
6.3.10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
Team	O
announced	O
the	O
first	O
public	O
release	O
of	O
version	O
8.0.11	O
as	O
a	O
Release	O
Candidate	O
(	O
RC	O
)	O
together	O
with	O
MySQL	B-Application
Community	O
Server	O
8.0.11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
General	O
Availability	O
(	O
GA	O
)	O
release	O
appeared	O
on	O
July	O
27	O
,	O
2018	O
again	O
together	O
with	O
the	O
server	O
following	O
the	O
new	O
policy	O
for	O
aligning	O
version	O
numbers	O
across	O
most	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
now	O
uses	O
as	O
backend	O
parser	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
new	O
auto-completion	O
engine	O
that	O
works	O
with	O
object	O
editors	O
(	O
triggers	O
,	O
views	O
,	O
stored	O
procedures	O
,	O
and	O
functions	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
visual	O
SQL	B-Language
editor	O
and	O
in	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
versions	O
add	O
support	O
for	O
new	O
language	O
features	O
in	O
MySQL	B-Application
8.0	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
common-table	O
expressions	O
and	O
roles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	O
default	O
authentication	O
plugin	O
caching_sha2_password	O
in	O
MySQL	B-Application
8.0	O
is	O
now	O
supported	O
by	O
Workbench	O
,	O
so	O
resetting	O
user	O
accounts	O
to	O
other	O
authentication	O
types	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
necessary	O
when	O
connecting	O
to	O
the	O
latest	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prominent	O
features	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
is	O
the	O
first	O
MySQL	B-Application
family	O
of	O
products	O
that	O
offer	O
two	O
different	O
editions	O
-	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
proprietary	B-Application
"	O
Standard	O
Edition	O
"	O
extends	O
the	O
Community	O
Edition	O
with	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
modules	O
and	O
plugins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
this	O
business	O
decision	O
was	O
announced	O
soon	O
after	O
the	O
takeover	O
of	O
MySQL	B-Application
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
this	O
has	O
caused	O
speculation	O
in	O
the	O
press	O
about	O
the	O
future	O
licensing	O
of	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
introduction	O
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
has	O
become	O
popular	O
within	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
now	O
the	O
second	O
most	O
downloaded	O
product	O
from	O
the	O
MySQL	B-Application
website	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
250,000	O
downloads	O
a	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MySQL	B-Language
Workbench	I-Language
has	O
been	O
reviewed	O
by	O
the	O
open	O
source	O
community	O
and	O
print	O
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
