Re: [pgadmin-support] Possible simple enhancement

From: Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
To: pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, "pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Roger Niederland <roger(at)niederland(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Possible simple enhancement
Date: 2009-09-16 05:09:53
Message-ID: 200909160709.53593.guillaume@lelarge.info
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Le mardi 15 septembre 2009 à 18:47:24, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
> Le mardi 15 septembre 2009 à 09:57:55, Magnus Hagander a écrit :
> > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 07:34, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
>
> wrote:
> > > Le mardi 15 septembre 2009 à 06:54:59, Magnus Hagander a écrit :
> > >> On 15 sep 2009, at 00.48, Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume(at)lelarge(dot)info>
> > >>
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > Le samedi 12 septembre 2009 à 14:49:04, Guillaume Lelarge a écrit :
> > >> >> Le mercredi 9 septembre 2009 à 20:46:00, Roger Niederland a écrit :
> > >> >>> First of all thanks for PGAdmin I've been using it for years now.
> > >> >>>
> > >> >> :)
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> One small enhancement that would be very useful is:
> > >> >>>
> > >> >>> When viewing the Statistics tab for the server where the Current
> > >> >>> Executing Queries is available (along with the current user,
> > >> >>> database
> > >> >>> etc..) It would be good to be able to copy the sql of a current
> > >> >>> query.
> > >> >>> I realize that it is impractical to show the full query sql (and
> > >> >>> do not
> > >> >>> want this). But I would like to be able to copy the "full sql" of
> > >> >>> the
> > >> >>> current query. I know that I can log long running queries, but
> > >> >>> feel it
> > >> >>> would be useful to copy the query from the statistics, so I can
> > >> >>> paste it
> > >> >>> into a query window for further analysis.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> It's already possible in 1.10, but it copies the whole line (not
> > >> >> only the
> > >> >> query). Anyways, that's one item on my todolist. We also want to be
> > >> >> able to
> > >> >> launch the query tool with this query (see
> > >> >> http://code.pgadmin.org/trac/ticket/9). I hope all of these will be
> > >> >> in
> > >> >> 1.12.
> > >> >
> > >> > Here is a patch to lauch the query tool with the selected query. The
> > >> > icon is
> > >> > the copy one. Not great, but I don't really have design skills. I
> > >> > wonder if we
> > >> > can make the query tool icon smaller enough, so that it will fit in
> > >> > the
> > >> > toolbar. Anyways, with this patch, when you click on the toolbar
> > >> > button, the
> > >> > query tool opens a new connection on the selected database of the
> > >> > same server,
> > >> > displays the query and allows the user to modify/execute it.
> > >> >
> > >> > Comments?
> > >>
> > >> For long queries the whole string won't be available. Maybe we should
> > >> try to detect that and issue an error?
> > >
> > > Yeah, sure. This new version checks if the query size is at max size
> > > and displays a message if it is. The contents of the message probably
> > > need some work.
> >
> > Should we bother copying at all if it's short?
>
> Don't understand this one ?!?!
>
> > If we keep that, how about:
> > "The query is longer than the maximum length, and has been truncated. "
>
> Well, we don't really know if it has been truncated. All we know is that
> the query is at the maximum length.
>

New version of the patch:

* Previously, only the first 250 characters of the query were displayed.
* We won't launch the query tool if the selected process is in <IDLE> or
<IDLE in transaction> state.

--
Guillaume.
http://www.postgresqlfr.org
http://dalibo.com

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