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SQL Navigator: Better Because of You!

Many thanks to Andres, Joe, Vadim, Charlie, Piter, Paolo and all other SQL Navigator users for all your feedback and contributions during the 6.0 beta program! Your input is making SQL Navigator better!







iPod Nano March 08 Winners:




Andres
Andres Tsengov


Username
: Andres
Name
: Andres Tsengov
Location
: Estonia, Tallinn
Occupation
: programmer/developer
How long have you used SQL Nav
: The first release i used was 2.something, if i remember correctly. And this might be in .. 1999? 1998? anyway, from that on, SQLNav has been one of my primary tools.
Hobbies
: hm .. too few time for these right now. Collecting 1:43 scale models probably won't be taken into account.. Used to cycle a lot .. but currently i even don't have a bicycle. Family gets most of my "free" time :)
Comments
: ee… about what? See above   :O)


Joe
Joe Silva

Username: JoeTheJet
Name:  Joe Silva
Location:   Livermore, CA
Occupation:  Computer Scientist
How long have you used SQL Nav:   Since 1997
Hobbies:   Sports, Computer War Strategy Games
Comments: I've always liked Sql Nav's intuitive interface. I'm hoping my participation keeps that going. Nav is way better than TOAD!

Previous winners in the beta program

The following list of recently implemented SQL Navigator features are a direct result of requests from users like you:

Request Implementation Raised By Preview
In, SQL Editor cannot select more than 5000 chars on the same line

This has been addressed in 5.5 Beta.

piotek  
Job Scheduler - EndDate and Comment fields should not be visible for versions Oracle 9i and below. This has been address in the The final Beta build 707. Andre  
Job Scheduler - Display Server Time Server Time field has been added to Job Scheduler as per request in the current 5.5 Beta build. Andre  
Support for Silent Installation This has been added in 5.5 Beta.    
Java Manager is broken The LoadJava and DropJava not function correctly due issues with Oracle Home Path. This has been addressed in the SQL Nav 5.5 Final Beta build 707. piortek  
Silent installation Run the installation silently without having user involvement during the installation process. This process is useful to System Admin to push SQL Navigation installation out to many PCs.    
'Auto insert AUTHID clause' screen in Store Program editor looks odd The size/diplay issue in 'AUTHID clause' window has been fixed. It will be included in the next Beta build. piortek    
Issues with CodeWrap Utilities when wrapped output file set to the same location as the input file It has been addressed. Changes will be included in the next Beta build. piortek  
Include encrypted password infor in User create ExtractDLL New Preference added to include password Info for user create extract DDL. This has been already added in the 5.5 Beta piortek     
Materialized Views Object Node in DB Tree Materialized View/Snapshot Node display with the right terminology depending on Oracle DB version. It has been included in 5.5 Beta build. swit, sleahcim   
10g Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Manage Table object and data with TDE in 10g DB. This feature has been added in 5.5 Beta build genesisman   
Add support for Oracle Job Scheduler package DBMS_SCHEDULER The new SQL Navigator Job Scheduler has been already added in the 5.5 Beta.            
Improve workflow with Project Manager This has been already added in the 5.5 Beta. The Project Manger in SQL Navigator allows you to only display windows that are linked to the current project. For example, say you are working on some changes to the CRM system your company is developing when a change request comes through for another project that you are responsible for. The changes to SQL Navigator will allow you switch to another Project within the Project Manager, and have SQL Navigator display only the windows that you need for the Project you are working on.           
Add support for LDAP This has been already added in the 5.5 Beta.      
Back up and restore Users Preferences and Settings The Profile Manager has been already added in the 5.5 Beta. It lets you backup and restore your SQL Navigator user preferences for each version. This function can be accessed via the Start menu          
Side by Side Installation support This has been already added in the 5.5 Beta.      
Citrix and Terminal Server support We altered SQL Navigator to run in both Citrix and Terminal Server environments. Now, SQL Navigator can be installed once on the server and published to a group of users. In the case of multiple users on a single computer, we've even engineered the product so one user doesn't alter the settings of another user on that machine.     
Full Version Control support for Java Source code This was a great suggestion. We added in support for .JSC files. We also extended Team coding support for other object types: Tables, Index, Cluster, Sequence and Synonym.      
Team Coding support for CVS As CVS has become a more popular versioning program, we have noticed a growing demand from SQL Navigator users to add support for this tool. We added this support in the 5.0 release.      
Allowing duplicating rows from grid in Data tab in Table Editor Useful suggestion. We added an icon to the grid in the SQL Editor to allow users to quickly duplicate rows (as long as constraints are not enforced).   
Expand support for Materialized Views (Snapshots) We added VOE for Snapshots. Now, you can also create and edit snapshots in SQL Navigator.      
Enhanced Task Bar We received mixed feedback when grouping of buttons on the Task Bar was implemented in 5.0. As a result, we added a number of preferences in 5.1 to allow customization of this feature.   
Adding GUI for Oracle Wrap Utility Following a growing number of calls about Wrap Utility we added this feature in 5.0      
Team Coding for additional objects This was an excellent suggestion that truly adds value to SQL Navigator. Everyone will definitely appreciate SQL Navigator's expanded Team Coding support for objects including table and java source.      
Add Oracle Home selection to the connection window As there are multiple ways to connect to various Oracle database installations, we trust this feature will help our users. It will allow you to select your Oracle Home, without going to Oracle Universal Installer or using the Windows Control Panel. The connection window is further enhanced in the 5.5 Beta - we added option to use LDAP for connection to Oracle as well.   
Edit TNSNames.ora file directly from connection window Now you can make edits directly from SQL Navigator.   
Allow to save settings in Export Data for future use Thanks - very obvious usability enhancement. We added it in.     
Allow to view LONG datatype values on the grid in Quick Browse Many SQL Navigator users requested this feature. There is now a new preference in the SQL Editor called "Display LONG columns" which allows you to choose one of the following ways to view LONGs: On demand (in pop-up editor), Preview (below each row) and Full text (within cells).   
Allow to display LONG datatype in the results grid Implemented.      
Remember the directory of the previous saved file Another very useful enhancement.      
Add option to close editor window after the "Autorun script at connect" preference is run Sometimes the simplest things make such a big difference! We added a preference "Close script on successful execution".