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Dbdesc 1.4 Released!

Yesterday I released a new version of dbdesc. This time most of the features are based on user feedback, like syntax highlighting and PDF export. This is the change log for this version:

New features

  • Added a new report engine which includes:
    • Report viewer
    • Built-in search
    • PDF export
    • Tables’ summary including data size and row count (only on SQL Server databases)
    • 3 report styles
  • On SQL Server databases:
    • Check constrains
    • User defined data types
    • Users
    • Database size info
    • Database description
  • On Firebird databases:
    • Check constrains
    • User defined data types
    • Database description
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Better foreign keys linking
  • Major performance improvements
  • Automatic output file name now uses the server and database name
  • Updated XSL templates

Bug fixes

  • Error when documenting Firebird procedures that references system tables
  • Error not handled when output file in use

You can download dbdesc from here.

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