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TablePro connects directly to Dameng DM8 over its native wire protocol. The macOS driver is a downloadable plugin and does not require a local DM client installation.

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Install Plugin

  1. Open Settings > Plugins > Browse
  2. Find Dameng Driver and click Install
  3. Create a Dameng connection from the connection chooser

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Connection Settings

The driver supports SSH, SOCKS, and Cloudflare tunnels. Native DM8 TLS is not yet available, so the SSL pane is hidden. Use a trusted tunnel when the database is not on a private network.

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Connection URL

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Features

  • Browse schemas, tables, views, columns, indexes, and foreign keys
  • Complete DM8 statements, functions, data types, schemas, tables, views, and columns while typing
  • Run SQL with Unicode text, parameterized binary writes, transactions, and row limits
  • Switch schemas without reconnecting
  • Edit rows with escaped parameter values
  • Create and alter tables, indexes, primary keys, and foreign keys
  • Inspect table metadata, generated DDL, view definitions, and visual EXPLAIN plans

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Limitations

  • Username and password authentication only
  • No native TLS or trigger editor
  • Stopping a query closes its connection. DM8 has no out-of-band cancel request, so TablePro stops reading the reply and reconnects on your next query. A query timeout behaves the same way.
  • Native binary and off-row LOB reads are not supported by the current transport. Use RAWTOHEX for binary columns and cast CLOB values to VARCHAR when reading them.
  • The Database field selects an initial schema; DM8 database switching is not supported
If a server value fails to decode, include the DM8 version and column type in a GitHub issue.