Re: Re: Re: What's the best front end/client under MS Windows?

> > ... So anytime I see something that requires some sort of shell access
> > I don't like it. EXPLAIN is one of those things.
>
> Huh?  EXPLAIN doesn't require shell access ... it merely requires a
> client that doesn't drop NOTICE messages into the bit bucket.
>
> Clients that drop NOTICEs are broken for a number of reasons besides
> EXPLAIN, anyway.

Very poor choice of wording on my part... my apologies.

How are clients that drop NOTICEs broken though?

Greg