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Daevid Vincent http://daevid.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Manning [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 7:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Wish List of Features > > I downloaded MySQL and began playing with it. It is a very > impressive > program and many awards should go to everyone who has ever worked on > this project. :-) > > Since I'm mainly just playing around with the server right > now I could > never be considered a real user until I've created a few > databases and > have gotten into the feel of MySQL. Still, after having > played with it > (and mysqlcc) for a while - there were a few things I wanted to ask > about. Especially since these features might already exist > and I just > haven't gotten to them in the MySQL book. (I'm using the > Paul DuBois book.) > > I used to use FoxBase+ quite a bit and eventually, where I > work, I wrote > several database applications using my own code. One of the things I > found very useful was: > > 1. LIST STRUCTURE. Which would dump an exact copy of the > commands used > to create a table in a database. Thus, in MySQL, this command would > display the correctly coded CREATE TABLE command for each > table. This > command used to be in FoxBase+ and I have found it very > useful several > times. I know about the SHOW COLUMNS command - it is not the same > although I could write some code to extract it and then create the > CREATE TABLE command from it. (This is just one of those ease of > use/convience things.) > > The second thing I can not figure out, is how to rearrange my > entries in > the table. In MySQLCC, I can not find any command which will > allow me > to move items up and down in the list. Granted that, if > there is data > in the database, this could cause problems - but if you are > just trying > to set up a database and you go "Oops! I forgot to put in X" > - you can > not put X anywhere except at the very bottom of the list. So my next > thing is a question: > > 2. Is there a way to reorganize your table's layout in > MySQLCC? Or do I > have to delete the entire table and start over? > > Again, I am pulling from my FoxBase+ background. In FoxBase+ you can > insert new fields into the table and what it would do in the > background > is to change the name of the table to a temporary name, build the new > field list, and then port the old table over to the new one > and get rid > of the temporary table. This is (again) an ease of use/convience > thing. A script could be written to do this I suppose but then I'd > still have to create the new table, get out of mysqlcc, run > the script, > and then get back in again. It would be nicer if mysqlcc had > this built > in. (I hope! :-) ) > > TIA! To whomever answers this message. :-) > > Mark > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: > http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
