New major release – DBeaver 1.2.2.
Main new feature – integrated context help system and first version of product documentation. Actually existing documentation in rough draft form, but we believe it is much better than nothing.
Brief changelist:
- You can flip between postgres databases in dbeaver quite easily (dbeaver calls it changing the 'active object'). I used to use pgadmin3 every day, and have found dbeaver to be much better, and about the same as DataGrip. Although some things still feel better in psql or pgcli. The vast coverage of JDBC is probably a good reason so many tools use Java.
- Running any kind of query with more than a thousand records or even just opening a file and other actions crashes the application. You are unable to actually stop a query. You have to kill from Windows Task Manager every single time.
Is Dbeaver Safe
- Integrated help system
- SQLite drivers configuration
- SSO (Single Sign On) support for MS SQL (obviously it works only in Windows version)
- Driver manager enhancements (driver categories)
- Automatic installer for Windows 64
- And standard feature – bugfixes
Is Dbeaver Good
DBeaver and Liquibase are both open source tools. DBeaver with 9.88K GitHub stars and 835 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Liquibase with 1.82K GitHub stars and 1.1K GitHub forks. According to the StackShare community, Liquibase has a broader approval, being mentioned in 22 company stacks & 68 developers stacks; compared to DBeaver, which is listed in 12 company stacks.
Better Than Dbeaver
Note about SQLite drivers. Three different drivers were added. You will need to choose the best one for you. Zentus driver is the oldest and most “standard” JDBC driver for SQLite. Xerial driver based on Zentus and provides some additional features. Driver written by Christian Werner provides more information about DB structure (keys, indexes) but it only works under Windows (it may work in other OSes but it requires SQLite native library and only Windows dll supplied with DBeaver – but you may build this library from sources by yourself, of course)
Note about SSO. This feature allows you to connect to MS SQL Server with your local/domain windows account. Just leave user name/password blank and connect. jTDS driver uses native libraries to implement this feature so it works only in Windows version of DBeaver. Tokyo encounter. Logitech 810 000422. Special thanks to Adam Peaslee for idea of this feature.
What Is Dbeaver Used For