Adding support for a login will require changes to heidisql itself, and probably a different sqlite3.dll than the one shipped with heidi. I just read about authentication on sqlite.org and. Connecting to a local mysql db works perfect.
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Grab it from the download page most noticable new features and enhancements:
Heidi lets you connect to a variety of databases, like mariadb, mysql, microsoft sql, postgresql, sqlite, interbase and firebird.
Heidisql user to user forum. Screenshots of different parts of heidisql in action. Download heidisql 12.14, released on 11 dec 2025 windows 64 bit (installer and portable) windows package managers linux 64 bit (.deb package, gtk2 and qt5 builds). This is a new release with quite a few new features, some enhancements and many bugfixes.
Fix missing assignments in tdbobject.assign,. Once you are connected, you can edit data and. Automation of heidisql is very limited, and mostly refers to the connection itself, not to things which are done after the connect. Clicking around is very responsive and smooth and i didn't get any crashes i got before so far.
File > import settings from file
File > export settings to file to import it back in a blank heidisql installation:
