Comments on: Small MySQL Workbench review

By: ElmoVil

ElmoVil — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 05:37:52 +0000

by the way, i had the same problem

Error 1005: Can’t create table ‘.\myproject\projects.frm’ (errno: 121)

for my case was having duplicated constraints key names on diferent tables.

ElmoVil

By: Ken Zo

Ken Zo — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:50:07 +0000

FYI, as of mid-July 2008, using Workbench OSS v5.0.23, it’s still far too buggy for any real use. Crashes abound, and the forward engineer create/alter features are full of serious bugs.

I’ve been meticulously filing serious bug reports since the first day I started using it a month ago, and I keep finding new ones.

Although not labelled as such, this remains beta-quality software.

By: dhaas

dhaas — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:37:19 +0000

Since I dont know Sparx EA, I cannot comment on this and recommend one or the other.
But I would recommend you to try out both. For Sparx EA, there is a 30 day Trial-Edition, and for MySQL Workbench, just use the OSS Edition, and you will see which additional features you get by buying the Standard Edition.

Here you find a product comparision matrix between MySQL Workbench OSS and SE: http://dev.mysql.com/workbench/?page_id=11

Hope that helps.

By: artur

artur — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:17:02 +0000

hi,

just wondering what is the difference between Workbench Standard and Sparx EA?

is WB head and shoulders better?
please advise…we need to make a decision this week.

also is their a product MATRIX out there??

thanks

artur

By: dhaas

dhaas — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 06:50:09 +0000

Yes, i tried DBDesigner4 earlier, but since MySQL Workbench is its natural successor, I thought it should be better. – And it is better. Forward Engineering is working fine now (after fixing some bugs, and improving the validation tests).

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 18:48:07 +0000

Ever tried DBDesigner for forward engeneering? Basic features but pretty useful. Find it here:
http://www.fabforce.net/dbdesigner4/

By: stelt

stelt — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:03:36 +0000

Interesting tool i’ll sure try out to save me lots of time maybe and to get me some nice SVG pictures as a bonus

By: MikeZ

MikeZ — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:28:18 +0000

Hi,
Great work on the review! Thanks for pointing out some of the open issues. The team is already onto them and we expect to fix those during the next few days to make sure everything is working fine in RC3.

Mike