MySQL-Front -> HeidiSQL
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Written by bzikofski
7 years ago Category: General 1 posts since Fri, 29 Sep 06 |
hey there it's really good to see that MySQL-Front has been born again ;) however, i'd like to hear a few words about the whole story.. the mysqlfront.de site says that the product is discontinued, there is no link or whatsoever to this site.. i asked at @freenode#mysql and i was told that MF has been renamed, i finally found it by googling for "formerly MySQL-FRONT"... i was also told that despite the information that is currently present at mysqlfront.de, MySQL AB actually didn't force anyone to discontinue.. check out this link: http://lenz.homelinux.org/blog/archives/75-Clarification-MySQL-AB-did-not-force-the-removal-of-MySQLFront.html what's the true story then? is HeidiSQL team the same as MySQL-Front team? the last MySQL-Front version was 3.2 (i guess), now HeidiSQL is available in version 3.0 which looks just like the MF 2.5.. what happened to the work done on version 3.2 ? i'm not doing any investigation here, i'm just curious about it, as MySQL-Front has been my favorite MySQL frontend tool. anyway, guys, you're doing fantastic work, and i really appreciate it! keep it up! thanks! |
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Written by ansgar
7 years ago 4027 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
bzikofski wrote: i asked at @freenode#mysql and i was told that MF has been renamed, i finally found it by googling for "formerly MySQL-FRONT"... i was also told that despite the information that is currently present at mysqlfront.de, MySQL AB actually didn't force anyone to discontinue.. bzikofski wrote: what's the true story then? bzikofski wrote: what happened to the work done on version 3.2 ? bzikofski wrote: anyway, guys, you're doing fantastic work, and i really appreciate it! |
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Written by cero
7 years ago 2 posts since Fri, 01 Dec 06 |
Anse I just wanted to second the comment by bzikofski. I'm not sure if you had any involvement with the development after 2.5, which always seemed to be a bit of a step backwards, but I'm glad to see you're steering the proverbial ship once more. Many thanks for your hard work, and indeed keep it up. |
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Written by DeKemp
7 years ago 13 posts since Mon, 04 Dec 06 |
So If I read right, HeidiSQL is continuation of MySQLFront 2.5 team? Started using MySQL-Front 2.5 until it was somehow overwritten with the 3.x. I even used both 2.5 and 3.x next to eachother because 3.x bugfixed almost daily but 2.5 could do things 3.x could not or gave errors on. I even bought a licence on 3.x. So if this is continuation of the 2.5, I will be glad to spend the same licence fee on HeidiSQL! Walter |
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Written by ansgar
7 years ago 4027 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
DeKemp wrote: So If I read right, HeidiSQL is continuation of MySQLFront 2.5 team? Yes. That's correct. Apart from the fact that for MySQL-Front 2.5 there was no "team", but only myself, who developped it. |
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Written by DeKemp
7 years ago 13 posts since Mon, 04 Dec 06 |
anse wrote: DeKemp wrote: So If I read right, HeidiSQL is continuation of MySQLFront 2.5 team? As they say in English: There is no "I" in team we changed or expanded that to: "But there is a "me" in Team A one man band, I would have sworn there were more than one on M2.5. Good job! Walter |
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Written by jamo
6 years ago 1 posts since Wed, 27 Dec 06 |
Just to say thanks for keeping things going and to say I used both v 2.5 and was a registered user of the apparently unrelated, updated 3.2 version before its recent demise :cry: . Going to download HieidiSQL now and look forward to seeing how it functions compared to the earlier versions. Thanks  JG |
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Written by ChipG
6 years ago 3 posts since Thu, 18 Jan 07 |
I also had paid the $35 for the MySQLFront 3.2, which I never had problems with until recently, when I went to their site and discovered it no longer existed. Fortunately google helped me find HeidiSQL and from what I see it's gonna be a great replacement! Thanks anse. |
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Written by siMKin
6 years ago 104 posts since Sun, 01 Apr 07 |
Just using this topic to say i never knew the full story until know and i'm very very glad to see the old mysqlfront continued. In fact, i never installed a version after 2.5 Well, I did some beta testing for 3.x versions but it just didn't have the same nice feeling that the 2.5 versions had for me (i've been using 2.5 until today!). So it's very interesting to read about this history!Funny detail: i once tried to make a donation (for 2.5), but my money was sent back to me! (had to send it to canada if i remember correctly). So, yea, great to see the work on 2.5 being continued! You made someone really happy! Keep up the good work guys. |
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Written by truhlik_fredy
6 years ago 1 posts since Sun, 27 May 07 |
HeidiSQL is working under wine, MySQL-Front have problems running under wine. So now i have MySQL-Front-like-GUI under my linux box. Great! |
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Written by rdavidson
6 years ago 7 posts since Thu, 07 Jun 07 |
When I first saw the "mySQL-Front 3.2" program, I thought - "Oh, cool! He's updating it again." (I didn't know your name before, anse, so you were just "He" in my mind.) Like siMKin, I tried the 3.2 program out, but I disliked it enough that I uninstalled it and went back to 2.5, as I didn't think 3.2 was worth the money (even at $35.) I stumbled on HeidiSQL through a Google search about a month ago. Anse, I am so glad that you re-started this project, and I love the improvements that you've made. I especially appreciated the ability to edit data returned from a query; that alone is a big time saver. As soon as I can transfer some cash to my Paypal account, I'll be sending along a donation. Your program is definitely worth the money! :D |
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Written by ansgar
6 years ago 4027 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
Thanks a lot, rdavidson! |
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Written by MadHatter
6 years ago 1 posts since Wed, 26 Sep 07 |
mysqlfront used to be the only tool I used for mysql development. A while back (while trying to pass a link to mysqlfront.de to a friend to use your app) I noticed that you had apparently "stopped development" on mysqlfront, and (again, from what I read) "handed" over the project to these new schmoe's. I noticed right away that it wasn't the same program (it was still early in the 3.x version that they made), and when I tried to ask about 2.5 on their forums, my question was deleted and my account was banned. I was really put off by that and continued to use the last version you made. so when the other mysql app emerged did you "stop development" on this, or give permission for the other developer to take the domain and create a copy of your application, or was that something they did all on their own? |
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Written by ansgar
6 years ago 4027 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
MadHatter wrote: .. and when I tried to ask about 2.5 on their forums, my question was deleted and my account was banned. Exactly the same what I experienced from that guy.  MadHatter wrote: so when the other mysql app emerged did you "stop development" on this, or give permission for the other developer to take the domain and create a copy of your application, or was that something they did all on their own? The "3.0 guy" only had the license to use the name and to take over the domain, nothing more. No line of code had moved from my harddrive towards this guy. So: yes, he did the 3.0 version completely on his own from the scratch, and it was a graphical clone of the old MySQL-Front. |
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Written by oropeza
6 years ago 1 posts since Thu, 18 Oct 07 |
Grate choice of handling MySqlFront code to the community! Thanks! I have been using Mysql Front 2.5 since always, it sits besides my Quest Database Tools. Its just grate, simple, small and useful. I always wondered what happened on version 3.0. ¿Why did you sold the name to such a jerk? He just make the name get dirty. Version 3.0 was really really bad and buggy (with nice german errors). He just made some fast money with the name of such a grate tool. And then, he just pasted some ofensive lies to Mysql Ab. No sense. I have just reached Heidi and will give a look at it ASAP. Thanks! |
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Written by ansgar
6 years ago 4027 posts since Fri, 07 Apr 06 |
oropeza wrote: I always wondered what happened on version 3.0. MySQL-Front 3.0 was completely taken from the net by the guy who developped it. oropeza wrote: Why did you sold the name to such a jerk? Yes yes yes.... That's a question I asked myself often enough I think. Unfortunately I didn't know the guy good enough before I sold him the name. I'll never do that again, I promise! oropeza wrote: He just make the name get dirty. Version 3.0 was really really bad and buggy (with nice german errors). He just made some fast money with the name of such a grate tool. And then, he just pasted some ofensive lies to Mysql Ab. No sense. I agree totally! |
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Written by dmark
6 years ago 3 posts since Sun, 03 Dec 06 |
It seems that the development of SQL-Front continues. There is a version 3.3 available at sql-front.com |
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