dbForge Studio for Oracle v3.5 release notes

Last modified: March 18, 2025

Oracle 12c is supported

• Full connectivity and syntax support
• Full support for data comparison
• Full support for schema sync

Improved database object editors

• Editable column grid in the table editor now allows adding and editing columns without opening the pop-up dialog
• Full-text search in the column grid in the table editor is added
• Schema changes can now be viewed before updating database
• Editor layout was revised, and now it allows viewing designer and table SQL simultaneously
• F7 shortcut can now be used to toggle all editor views
• Heuristics is supported: data type of the new column is suggested basing on the column name. For example, for CUSTOMER_ID column NUMBER data type will be suggested, and for CHANGE_DATE column DATE data type will be suggested.

Optimized application work with Oracle server

• Database Explorer works faster now
• Database object editors work faster now
• Metadata for code completion is described faster now

New code formatter

• Format profiles are supported
• Extended options for formatting different clauses are added
• Preview window for viewing formatted code with support of code highlighting and editing is added

Extended code completion capabilities

• Suggestion of JOIN statements is added
• Extended Oracle grammar support is added
• Context-specific suggestions are improved
• Full support of suggestions and PL/SQL grammar with context consideration is added

Minor features

• New window docking system is introduced. Switching between tool windows on CTRL+TAB is supported
• Working with Oracle on Amazon RDS is possible now
• New skins are added (Metropolis and VS2010)
• Snapshot creation functionality is added to all product editions
• Connection export to Import and Export settings wizard is added