Re: Patch file for table drop on import

Patch applied with minor changes (you might want to get the latest
version) - thanks again.

If anyone can test this on SQL 2000 it would be appreciated...

Regards, Dave.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John McCawley [mailto:jmccawley(at)worleyco(dot)com]
> Sent: 12 June 2002 17:41
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Patch file for table drop on import
>
>
>
> >An attachment to the list would be great thanks.
> >
> >
> Attached is a patch for frmWizard.frm in the pgMigration project. It
> implements the following:
>
> 1) Adds a checkbox to the wizard for "Drop any existing
> destination tables"
> 2) If this box is checked, it uses the schema object to determine the
> existance of the imported table in the destination Postgres
> DB, and adds
> a drop table statement before the create table statement
> 3) Minor modification to the existing MS Access autonumber
> code to allow
> me to reuse it for MS SQL
> 3) If the source DB type is MS SQL, it runs a query on the source
> database to find the autonumber field, if found it sets variables to
> allow the existing autonumber code to add the sequence
> 4) If the "drop existing" checkbox is checked, it will drop existing
> sequence names that conflict with the ones that are being created
> 5) Added text to the status window to notify user of dropped
> tables, and
> created and dropped sequences.
>
> NOTE: Due to an apparent name length limitation in the schema
> object, I
> was only able to compare up to 31 characters of the
> destination sequence
> name. If the first 31 characters match, I assume it to have
> the same name
>
> NOTE: The SQL Server autonumber query has only been tested on
> SQL Server
> 7.0. I am unable to test its validity in 6.5 or SQL Server 2000.
>
> John
>
>
>