From: Dalibor Sramek <dali@...>
Date: 2003-03-03T00:02:43+09:00
Subject: [ANN] DbTalk 0.72

I would like to announce a new release of my Ruby project DbTalk.
The project page can be found at http://www.insula.cz/dbtalk/

DbTalk is an interactive GUI based tool for database querying, programming,
administration etc. It consists of three basic parts:
- SQL editor
- query result viewer
- database structure viewer

Important features of DbTalk are: 
- ODBC support 
- native support for MySQL 
- native support for PostgreSQL (UNIX only) 
- multiple database/server connections with easily configurable profiles 
- editing and testing of multiline SQL commands (e.g. procedure definitions)
  with syntax highlighting and text completion (SQL + table and column
  names)
- saving SQL queries into files for later use 
- nice tabular view of returned data 
- tree view of the database structure 
- GPL 

The current version of DbTalk is 0.72. Comparing to the older version
changes are as follows: 
- The ODBC module was improved and the bug in cursor reading was removed
  (thanks to Erich Roos for his research). 
- DbTalk supports database schemas in PostgreSQL 7.3+. 
- DbTalk now captures stderr on UNIX to catch notifications from the
  PostgreSQL library. 
- There is now a basic transaction support. It is possible to switch
  autocommit mode and send commit and rollback commands with toolbar
  buttons. 
- The built-in editor recognizes new keywords: 'schema', 'abort', 'start',
  'transaction', 'isolation level', 'read committed', 'serializable ',
  'case' and 'full'. 
- The profile administration is slightly improved. 
- DbTalk is now compatible with the latest stable Ruby (1.6.8) and FXRuby
  (1.0.20) versions.