Re: PATCH: 'serial' like types were missing while creating table/column (pgAdmin4)

From: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
To: Murtuza Zabuawala <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PATCH: 'serial' like types were missing while creating table/column (pgAdmin4)
Date: 2016-06-29 18:50:59
Message-ID: CA+OCxoyYU6kqSCz4hY1YVijW5spiKHCM9SY8Vt4hZD+T5yKMxQ@mail.gmail.com
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Thanks! Patch applied.

On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Murtuza Zabuawala
<murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> Apologies,
>
> Please find updated patch.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Murtuza Zabuawala
> EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 4:49 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>>
>> That's the same patch!
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Murtuza Zabuawala
>> <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> > Hi Dave,
>> >
>> > As suggested please find updated patch.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Regards,
>> > Murtuza Zabuawala
>> > EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>> > The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 12:30 PM, Murtuza Zabuawala
>> >> <murtuza(dot)zabuawala(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
>> >> > Hi,
>> >> >
>> >> > PFA patch to fix the issue where 'serial' like types were not listed
>> >> > under
>> >> > type combobox while creating new table/column.
>> >> > RM#1393
>> >>
>> >> This changes the display text of all integer columns with a dependency
>> >> to the respective serial type, e.g.
>> >>
>> >> create table test(id integer primary key);
>> >>
>> >> gets reverse engineered into:
>> >>
>> >> CREATE TABLE public.test
>> >> (
>> >> id serial NOT NULL,
>> >> CONSTRAINT test_pkey PRIMARY KEY (id)
>> >> )
>> >>
>> >> I would strongly suggest that we only add "serial" and friends to the
>> >> list of available types for creating/adding a column. Once created, we
>> >> display the base type, with the default value clause etc.
>> >>
>> >> pgAdmin 3 does what you're trying to do here, but the logic is very
>> >> complex, likely broken in some edge cases, and I don't think it really
>> >> adds much. See pgColumn::GetDefinition() in
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=pgadmin3.git;a=blob;f=pgadmin/schema/pgColumn.cpp
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Dave Page
>> >> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> >> Twitter: @pgsnake
>> >>
>> >> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>> >> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dave Page
>> Blog: http://pgsnake.blogspot.com
>> Twitter: @pgsnake
>>
>> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
>> The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company
>
>

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