Обсуждение: List to Father Christmas
Hi, As I have managed to get error messages displaying correctly in PG-Admin (thanks to a correct configuration on the PG Server), I have switched to version 1.6.3, and I am sending this request feature list (I know it's not Christmas anymore, Easter is already gone passed ... but I always hope). A bit of background about me: I have been working in the database for more than 10 years, doing consultancy work and working for an editor of database tools (CAST). I have been mainly working with Sybase and SQL-Servers (a bit with Oracle) and recently with Derby and PostgreSQL ;-) ! All that to say, I have used quite a few tools to work with databases in many configurations at many sites ... but always, the same ideas are coming back ! ;-) My feature request list: A/ Editor A-1/ Search & replace Cancel The "Cancel" button should be "Close": as hitting it does not cancel anything but just close the window. By the way in the French version, the second label "Remplacer par" is slightly too long, and overides the begining of the text field box. A-2/ History results Keeping the results of the query would be useful (as an option). In particular, for the next point ! A-3/ History navigation Being able to navigate (previous/next) through the history of the requests typed in, would be really useful. That's a feature I used to have in a previous tool and I missed it a lot. B/ Table Editor B-1/ modify new column It's really annoying that after creating a new column but still in the table editor, it's not possible to modify it (modify button greyed out). The typical thing is creating a new column not null, and entering a lengthy comment on the column. Then when I click OK on the table editor it's complaining that there are null values on that column (of course, I have just created it) so I want to correct the column definition (to make it NULLable for example) ... BUT I CAN'T ! ! ! I have to delete the column and then to create it again ! :-( C/ Result set / Edit Data Windows C-1/ INSERT INTO Copy/Paste I would like to copy lines from the data grid, and paste them into the SQL command windows as an INSERT INTO. May be a special COPY could do this. C-2/ Close all Edit data windows It will be great to be able to close all the Edit Data windows in one command (File ==> Close All Edit Data) C-3/ Edit Data window title The title of the Edit Data windows is note very helpful: it's too long and the very meaningful information (the table name) is at the end. So when I browse through my many EditData windows opened (see previous remark ;-) !), all I can see is the name the application, the name of the server and that's it. When I say browsing through my EditData windows, I mean either cycling through applications with Alt+Tab or hovering the icons in the task bar. And the text I get is typically: pgAdmin III Edit Data - Server ServNm (servnm:5432) - my_database_name_ when I would like to see pgAdmin III Edit - table_name - my_database_name_ - ServNm (Note: The names table_name, my_database_name_, ServNm are quite representative in length of what I used on the many projects I have worked on in more than 10 years) To me I don't see, the point of having the full Server ServNm (servnm:5432): ServNm is enough. May be a solution will be to have the name configurable via preferences ? (in the long term, but in short term changing the order would be nice) C-4/ Edit Data in Table Tab It will be nice to have an extra tab in the table view (next to Properties, Statistics, Dependencies, Dependents): Edit Data. That would be what we get when doing View Data ==> View Top 100 rows on that table. That will be really quicker when looking up data on a few tables. If performance is an issue for some people, that could be an option to turn on or off. C-5/ new IDENTICAL Edit Data window Asking confirmation before opening a new IDENTICAL Edit Data window, would be nice (and offering to switch to the existing as an alternative). As the feature request C-4 is not already implemented, I often open many data windows to read the tables content. As I don't always remember what's already opened (age is not helping ;-) !), I open several times the same data windows ! Thanks for reading that far ! ;-) Have fun, L@u The Computing Froggy ___________________________________________________________________________ Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses http://fr.answers.yahoo.com
Hi Laurent, Laurent ROCHE a écrit : > As > I have managed to get error messages displaying correctly in PG-Admin The correct spelling is pgAdmin :) > (thanks to a correct configuration on the PG Server), I have switched > to version 1.6.3, and I am sending this request feature list (I know > it's not Christmas anymore, Easter is already gone passed ... but I > always hope). > [...] > My feature request list: > > A/ Editor > > A-1/ Search & replace Cancel > The "Cancel" button should be "Close": as hitting it does not cancel anything but just close the window. > By > the way in the French version, the second label "Remplacer par" is > slightly too long, and overides the begining of the text field box. > I can take care of this : - update the button's title ; - grow the Replace button. Dave, do you agree on this ? > A-2/ History results > Keeping the results of the query would be useful (as an option). > In particular, for the next point ! > > A-3/ History navigation > Being able to navigate (previous/next) through the history of the requests typed in, would be really useful. > That's a feature I used to have in a previous tool and I missed it a lot. > Can you tell us what tool you used ? I want to see the interface, so I can better understand what you meant. > B/ Table Editor > > B-1/ modify new column > It's > really annoying that after creating a new column but still in the table > editor, it's not possible to modify it (modify button greyed out). > The > typical thing is creating a new column not null, and entering a lengthy > comment on the column. Then when I click OK on the table editor it's > complaining that there are null values on that column (of course, I > have just created it) so I want to correct the column definition (to > make it NULLable for example) ... BUT I CAN'T ! ! ! I have to delete > the column and then to create it again ! :-( > There was some stuff done for this but it wasn't applied. One idea that came afterward was to display the SQL that failed and let the user change it. Unfortunately, I didn't find time to code it yet. > [...] > C-3/ Edit Data window title > The > title of the Edit Data windows is note very helpful: it's too long and > the very meaningful information (the table name) is at the end. So when > I browse through my many EditData windows opened (see previous remark > ;-) !), all I can see is the name the application, the name of the > server and that's it. When I say browsing through my EditData windows, > I mean either cycling through applications with Alt+Tab or hovering the > icons in the task bar. And the text I get is typically: > pgAdmin III Edit Data - Server ServNm (servnm:5432) - my_database_name_ > when I would like to see > pgAdmin III Edit - table_name - my_database_name_ - ServNm > (Note: > The names table_name, my_database_name_, ServNm are quite > representative in length of what I used on the many projects I have > worked on in more than 10 years) > To me I don't see, the point of having the full Server ServNm (servnm:5432): ServNm is enough. > May > be a solution will be to have the name configurable via preferences ? > (in the long term, but in short term changing the order would be nice) > And some would love to see the user name on it. > C-4/ Edit Data in Table Tab > It will be nice to have an extra tab in the table view (next to Properties, Statistics, Dependencies, Dependents): EditData. > That would be what we get when doing View Data ==> View Top 100 rows on that table. > That will be really quicker when looking up data on a few tables. > If performance is an issue for some people, that could be an option to turn on or off. > Well performance is not really an issue. It can work as the dependencies tab where datas are fetched when the user clicks on the corresponding tab. > C-5/ new IDENTICAL Edit Data window > Asking > confirmation before opening a new IDENTICAL Edit Data window, would be > nice (and offering to switch to the existing as an alternative). > As > the feature request C-4 is not already implemented, I often open many > data windows to read the tables content. As I don't always remember > what's already opened (age is not helping ;-) !), I open several times > the same data windows ! > +1 > Thanks for reading that far ! ;-) > :) Thanks for your wish list, it's always interesting to know what users are interested in. Regards. -- Guillaume. <!-- http://abs.traduc.org/ http://lfs.traduc.org/ http://docs.postgresqlfr.org/ -->
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > I can take care of this : > - update the button's title ; > - grow the Replace button. > Dave, do you agree on this ? Sure, go ahead. /D
On May 22, 3:06 pm, laurent_ro...@yahoo.com (Laurent ROCHE) wrote: (...) > To me I don't see, the point of having the full Server ServNm (servnm:5432): ServNm is enough. You raised a couple of interesting points. Just a quick comment here: the port number is essential if you have several database clusters running on different ports on the same server (as I do). Regards Erwin
On May 22, 3:06 pm, laurent_ro...@yahoo.com (Laurent ROCHE) wrote: (...) > To me I don't see, the point of having the full Server ServNm (servnm:5432): ServNm is enough. You raised a couple of interesting points. Just a quick comment here: the port number is essential if you have several database clusters running on different ports on the same server (as I do). Regards Erwin
Dave Page a écrit : > Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >> I can take care of this : >> - update the button's title ; >> - grow the Replace button. >> Dave, do you agree on this ? > > > Sure, go ahead. > Here it is. Regards. -- Guillaume. <!-- http://abs.traduc.org/ http://lfs.traduc.org/ http://docs.postgresqlfr.org/ --> Index: pgadmin/ui/dlgFindReplace.xrc =================================================================== --- pgadmin/ui/dlgFindReplace.xrc (révision 6319) +++ pgadmin/ui/dlgFindReplace.xrc (copie de travail) @@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ <size>300,166d</size> <style>wxDEFAULT_DIALOG_STYLE|wxCAPTION|wxSYSTEM_MENU|wxTHICK_FRAME</style> <object class="wxButton" name="wxID_CANCEL"> - <label>&Cancel</label> - <pos>246,149d</pos> + <label>&Close</label> + <pos>221,149d</pos> + <size>75,15d</size> <tooltip>Close the dialog</tooltip> </object> <object class="wxButton" name="wxID_FIND"> @@ -31,19 +32,21 @@ <object class="wxStaticText" name="lblFind"> <label>Find what:</label> <pos>5,9d</pos> + <size>60,15d</size> </object> <object class="wxTextCtrl" name="txtFind"> - <pos>55, 7d</pos> - <size>155,12d</size> + <pos>65, 7d</pos> + <size>145,12d</size> <tooltip>Enter the string to search for</tooltip> </object> <object class="wxStaticText" name="lblReplace"> <label>Replace with:</label> <pos>5,29d</pos> + <size>60,15d</size> </object> <object class="wxTextCtrl" name="txtReplace"> - <pos>55, 27d</pos> - <size>155,12d</size> + <pos>65, 27d</pos> + <size>145,12d</size> <tooltip>Enter the replacement text</tooltip> </object> <object class="wxStaticBox" name="sbOrigin">
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > Dave Page a écrit : >> Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>> I can take care of this : >>> - update the button's title ; >>> - grow the Replace button. >>> Dave, do you agree on this ? >> >> >> Sure, go ahead. >> > > Here it is. Please run the embed-xrc script and commit. Thanks, Dave.
Dave Page a écrit : > Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >> Dave Page a écrit : >>> Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>>> I can take care of this : >>>> - update the button's title ; >>>> - grow the Replace button. >>>> Dave, do you agree on this ? >>> >>> Sure, go ahead. >>> >> Here it is. > > Please run the embed-xrc script and commit. > It was already done for my tests but my patch was done only with the xrc file. Now applied. I didn't change the CHANGELOG file. Should I edit it for such small commits ? Regards. -- Guillaume. <!-- http://abs.traduc.org/ http://lfs.traduc.org/ http://docs.postgresqlfr.org/ -->
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > Dave Page a écrit : >> Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>> Dave Page a écrit : >>>> Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>>>> I can take care of this : >>>>> - update the button's title ; >>>>> - grow the Replace button. >>>>> Dave, do you agree on this ? >>>> >>>> Sure, go ahead. >>>> >>> Here it is. >> >> Please run the embed-xrc script and commit. >> > > It was already done for my tests but my patch was done only with the xrc > file. > > Now applied. :-) > I didn't change the CHANGELOG file. Should I edit it for such small > commits ? Nah, I wouldn't bother. Regards, Dave
Dave Page a écrit : > Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >> I didn't change the CHANGELOG file. Should I edit it for such small >> commits ? > > Nah, I wouldn't bother. > Sorry, I did it this morning with the "Sort servers' list alphabetically." patch. I'll delete it on my next commit. -- Guillaume. <!-- http://abs.traduc.org/ http://lfs.traduc.org/ http://docs.postgresqlfr.org/ -->
Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > Dave Page a écrit : >> Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>> I didn't change the CHANGELOG file. Should I edit it for such small >>> commits ? >> Nah, I wouldn't bother. >> > > Sorry, I did it this morning with the "Sort servers' list > alphabetically." patch. I'll delete it on my next commit. Don't bother - it doesn't really matter. :-) Regards, Dave