Re: Missing "New Node"

Dave Page wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
>>Sent: 09 June 2005 12:38
>>To: Dave Page
>>Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne; pgadmin-hackers
>>Subject: Re: Missing "New Node"
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>>I just quick'n'dirty added some new icons to distinguish own
>>and foreign
>>sets/subscriptions. This should be refactored some day, to
>>use different
>>classes.
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> OK.
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>>>Sounds reasonable - something definitely ain't right though. For
>>>example, using the databases created by Slony's
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>>test_1_pgbench test, if
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>>>I browse the slony_test1 database (the origin), and go to
>>>Replication/T1/Replication Sets/Set 1 - pgbench tables, I can
>>>right-click and select New Object->Add [Table|Sequence].
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>>However, if I
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>>>right-click the child sequences or Tables collection nodes,
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>>I only get
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>>>the Refresh option. Istm that I should get Add Sequence/Add Table on
>>>those.
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>>Agreed.
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> You gonna fix that? I've still not completely got my head round that
> code.
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>>>The same applies to the Subscriptions node on the
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>>slony_test2 database -
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>>>there is no Add Subscription option. There is one on the
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>>Set node (as
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>>>there is for Tables/Sequences on the origin), however this throws an
>>>exception when selected.
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>>This can't possibly be a bug, no? ;-)
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> Err, yes. See previous comment :-)
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>>Bug, fixed in svn. All registered servers should appear.
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> OK, thanks.
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>>It might be necessary to add the admin node for your machine,
>>as well as
>>paths to the nodes.
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> How do I add an admin node?

Add node with proper connstring.

If I try to join the cluster (as opposed to
> just adding a node), I now see the servers etc, but obviously no admin
> node.
available admin nodes are identified by matching conn strings.

When I click OK, I get an exception and it all falls over.

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> I'm still not entirely sure why the admin node is required - why can't
> we just get the info from the connected database?

Because quite often a cross-db connection is needed.

I'll probably not find time to fix things in June, sorry.

Regards,
Andreas