Re: pgAdmin3 1.16 and 1.14 don't show Covering Index on Foreign Keys

On Fri, 2012-08-03 at 21:06 +0300, Nikolay Ulyanitsky wrote:
> Hello
>
> pgAdmin3 1.16 / 1.14 don't show "Covering Index" values on Foreign Keys.
> "Covering Index" values are always empty on "Properties" tab and
> have default values (fki-fk-*) on "Foreign Key" dialogs.
>
> Tested pgAdmin3 versions with bug: 1.16.0 beta3, 1.14.3.
>
> pgadmin3 1.12.3 doesn't have this bug and shows covering indexes correctly.
>
> PostgreSQL 9.1.4 x86_64
> CentOS 6.3 x86_64
>
> See screenshots:
> * 1.12.3: http://s18.postimage.org/h1w5atycn/1_12_3.png
> * 1.16.0: http://s17.postimage.org/xud5yf2h9/1_16_0.png
>
>
> Example DB:
>
> CREATE TABLE pkgs (
> id serial NOT NULL,
> ...
> CONSTRAINT "pk-pkgs-id" PRIMARY KEY (id ),
> )
>
> CREATE TABLE files (
> id bigserial NOT NULL,
> pkg_id integer NOT NULL,
> dir character varying NOT NULL,
> files character varying NOT NULL,
> CONSTRAINT "pk-files-id" PRIMARY KEY (id ),
> CONSTRAINT "fk-files-pkg_id" FOREIGN KEY (pkg_id)
> REFERENCES pkgs (id) MATCH SIMPLE
> ON UPDATE RESTRICT ON DELETE CASCADE
> )
>
>
> CREATE INDEX "ix-files-pkg_id" ON files USING btree (pkg_id);
>
>
> Please fix it.
> "Covering Index" is a very important feature.
>

It took me a long time to find the culprit. Anyway, this is fixed in
1.16, and the dev branch.

Thanks for your report.

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