A5 V9 feature peek #39: SQL query guide

Many of you depend on Alpha Five's genies (because -- let's face it -- they're awesome). Alpha Five Platinum gives the SQL query genie a big boost.

Here's a list of the changes we made:

1. The SQL query genie can now be displayed as a MDI window.

2. Several instances of the SQL query genie window can be opened simultaneously.

3. The SQL query genie can now be opened directly from the Tools | External Databases menu command when the control panel has the focus.

4. The toolbar now has a connection string drop-down that allows you to easily execute a query against different databases.

5. The Action button on the toolbar now brings up a dialog that lets you to perform an action with the SQL query you specified.

There are also more actions available when you click the Action button. You can copy your SQL to the clipboard, import the data from the query as an Alpha Five table, create a passive-link table from the data in the query, or create a new layout (report, label, or letter) with the data in the query.