Re: Creating table - adding columns

Mario Splivalo wrote:
> I've tried this, and got same behaviour on both PgAdmin 1.2.0 and 1.4.0.
> When I get to 'New column' window, I enter name, then I press 'TAB', and
> in data type field, if I start typing the colum type (for instance, I
> want int4) PgAdmin tries to finish the type name for me, in some weired
> way (for instance, I want int4, I start typing in, and PgAdmin always
> presumes I want 'inet'. And even if I finish typing int4, I end up with
> int4net). So I need to click on the dropdown to find int4 in the list,
> wich is tedious, and sometimes even frustrating.
>
> I'm using PgAdmin 1.2.0 on Debian Testing, and Ubuntu 5.04. I compiled
> 1.4.0 from sources, and I got the same behaviour there.
>
> I was using PgAdmin 1.2.0 on WindowsXP, and I didn't experience that
> problem on Windows.

Hm, this guessing mechanism doesn't work correctly with gtk, and should
be disabled (I thought it is).

Some fine day I'll rewrite the type selector. Using a combobox isn't
really comfortable, since too many types are available.

Regards,
Andreas