MySQL has announced Workbench 5.2.26. This is the first maintenance release for 5.2 GA (Generally Available). They have fixed a number of problems and made some improvements under the hood. MySQL Workbench is a great tool for Design, Development, and Administration of your MySQL database applications.

MySQL Workbench 5.2 GA

- Data Modeling

- Query (replaces the old MySQL Query

- Administration (replaces the old MySQL Administrator)

Sources and binary packages are available for several platforms, including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux at  http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/workbench/

To get started quickly, please take a look at this short tutorial: http://wb.mysql.com/?p=406

Workbench Documentation can be found here:  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/index.html

In addition to the new Query/SQL Development and Administration modules, version 5.2 features improved stability and performance – especially in Windows, where OpenGL support has been enhanced and the UI was optimized to offer better responsiveness.

This release also includes improvements to the scripting capabilities of the SQL Editor. You can read more about it in http://wb.mysql.com/workbench/doc/

For a detailed list of resolved issues, see the change log at  http://dev.mysql.com/doc/workbench/en/wb-change-history.html