Re: Feature suggestion

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
To: "Jason L(dot) Buberel" <jason(at)buberel(dot)org>
Cc: pgadmin-support(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Feature suggestion
Date: 2007-09-17 11:10:00
Message-ID: 46EE6088.30802@postgresql.org
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Jason L. Buberel wrote:
> Something to consider for the 2.0 series, if it has not already been
> suggested:
>
> "Bookmark View"
>
> A user has selected 'View Data -> View All Rows' or 'View Data -> View
> Filtered Rows' from the context menu for a view or table. They
> eventually are presented with the 'Edit Data' tabular display window.
>>From the 'View' menu on that window, allow the user to 'Bookmark this
> View'. When selected, the user would be prompted to give a name to that
> bookmark. A default name would be provided such as "Table XYZ on server
> ABC".
>
> On the main Pgadmin window, add a new 'Bookmarks' menu. From that
> pull-down menu, the user could then open or remove an existing bookmark.
> When opening an existing bookmark, a connection to the original database
> would be established, and any filter/sort rules would be re-applied,
> then the 'Edit Data' window would be displayed.
>
> That would save people many, many mouse clicks for tables that they
> often need to glance at for monitoring purposes. This is especially the
> case with the 'sl_status' view provided in a Slony cluster, for example.

It sounds like you're using the wrong tool for that sort of task - the
query tool with it's Favourites and new Macros features should do
exactly what you need.

Regards, Dave

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