Re: Patch: Query favourites

Magnus Hagander wrote:

>>>Anyway, it could be rewritten to either not use XML at all,
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>>or to not
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>>>use wxxml (say by linking directly to libxml, which is
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>>likely to be on
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>>>the system already considering how many packages use it). It
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>>just makes
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>>>it easier when you don't have to maintain the code youself.
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>>There must be some XML stuff in std wx, since XRC uses XML,
>>dunno how reusable that is.
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>It specifically says that the API is not stable and should not be used.
>(http://cvs.wxwidgets.org/viewcvs.cgi/wxWidgets/include/wx/xml/xml.h?rev
>=1.5&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup and friends)
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>>>As for the fact that you can already store them in standard files -
>>>sure you can. It's a matter of convenience.
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>>Still appears as a duplication of features. What's wrong with
>>"recent files"?
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>No hierarchy, very very limited number of entries, no control over which
>entries go on the list (say when you open a one-time file to run, it
>will still steal a position on the list), no ability to add descriptive
>entries. I'm sure there are more, but that's what I came up with whlie
>typing without needing to think about it.
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>>Actually, I'd like it better to have a means of adding
>>macros/scripts or so to pgAdmin, i.e. wxPython. This would
>>enable pgAdmin extensions, keeping the pgAdmin core relatively pure.
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>Sure, that'd be nice. Still, that adds a dependency on *python*, which
>is *huge* compared to wxxml...
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I don't mind adding dependencies if benefits are huge (last addition was
OGL for graphical explain, which is a std wx contrib module). The few
preferred queries I'm using are in some files, and I simply mark and
execute them. That's why I can't see any benefit from such a "favourite"
feature.

>And I don't see the point in this case.
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The point is, the scripting option I'm thinking of would allow you to
declare your own menu entry for your preferred query (which might
consist of a dialogue, formatting your result) so it's not the query
you're storing, but but the feature/task/whatever. Just as we have a
status display, not just a favourite "select * from pg_status".

Regards,
Andreas