The MySQL Workbench team has released the latest Release Candidate 5.0.15 of their new DBMS modeling tool. This includes quite a few recent bug fixes and it's now rapidly approaching the GA status ...

Or, rather, this strategy would have been a tighter fit with its existing model. Regardless, MySQL is not signaling that its future is proprietary with Workbench Standard Edition.

Open MySQL Workbench and connect to your database server. From the database home screen (Figure A), right-click a blank spot under the SCHEMAS pane and select Create Schema.