The 3rd Release Candidate (RC) of MySQL Workbench has been released.

Version 5.2.24 includes fixes for more than 70 issues.

MySQL Workbench 5.2 RC provides:

• Data Modeling

• Query (replaces the old MySQL Query Browser)

• Administration (replaces the old MySQL Administrator)

Get your copy from  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

To get started quickly, please take a look at the MySQL Workbench 5.2 RC Tutorial:  http://wb.mysql.com/?p=406

Please be aware that this release is still a in-development version – so please don’t use it on your production servers!

Also note, MySQL Workbench files saved with version 5.2 cannot be opened with previous versions of the program.

Workbench Documentation and details on changes between releases can be found at:

• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/index.html
• http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-change-history.html