> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merlin Moncure [mailto:merlin.moncure@rcsonline.com]
> Sent: 10 May 2004 18:33
> To: pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: [pgadmin-hackers] hello
>
> Hello,
>
> I just joined the pgAdmin mailing list. I would like to say
> that I am generally very impressed with the latest version of
> this project. The UI is much tighter than version two and
> the whole thing feels much more usable.
>
> One thing that I have noticed is that the 'view data' tool
> has problems with large (> 50k) result sets. I am very
> familiar with this problem and have dealt with it myself in
> various projects. IIRC a cursor based solution was marked
> 'controversial' in the TODO list...is this still the case?
> (I'm grabbing the latest sources right now). I've been
> wanting to learn the wxWindows toolkit for a while now and
> this seems a good place to start. :)
Hi Merlin, good to have you aboard :-)
Yes, the cursor based *query tool* is marked as controversial. Andreas &
I have always had a differing of opinion over what it's true purpose is
(and I don't think either of us are actually wrong if you know what I
mean). Iirc, Andreas' main objection to using cursors is that he likes
to use the query tool to refine queries, and if it's using cursors he
can't properly assess the speed gains of one query over another.
That argument doesn't apply to the view data tool though - I see no
reason why that cannot be made cursor based. If you're working on it
anyway, the ability to copy/paste 1 or more rows both back into the
table and into external spreadsheets etc. would be nice!! <grin>
Regards, Dave.