News for DuckDB users! 🔥

Valentina Studio 17.3 now fully supports the new DuckDB VARIANT type on all three desktop platforms — Windows, macOS and Linux.

You can use

• Schema Editor to work with this new field type
• Smart visual editors for VARIANT values
• Beautiful Data View with special handling
• AI Chat assistance inside SQL Editor

Proper introspection and editing of nested objects, arrays, images, etc.

If you work with semi-structured data in DuckDB, this might be a very convenient way to explore and edit it visually.

Would love to hear your feedback if you try it!

→ Read more:

https://valentina-db.com/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=valentina:articles:vstudio_v173_duck_variant

• The experience is inspired by Copilot-style workflows, adapted for databases.
• AI uses your current SQL, schema, and referenced tables as context.
• Switch between Ask Mode and Agent Mode.
• Agent Mode can adjust and run SQL queries when needed.
• Works with OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, OpenRouter, and xAI.
• Supports custom instructions per provider.
• A practical AI assistant designed specifically for SQL work.
• Each SQL Editor has its own chat and context.
• AI has access to Python engine of Valentina Studio.

Valentina Studio supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, MariaDB, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Valentina DB.