> -----Original Message----- > From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 03 April 2006 15:29 > To: Dave Page > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Query grid > > Dave Page wrote: > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: 03 April 2006 14:50 > >>To: Dave Page > >>Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; pgadmin-hackers > >>Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] Query grid > >> > >>IMNSHO this patch is rotten from the ground. wxGrid is known to be > >>flakey, extending its use is a bad idea. The speed issue is not a > >>question of grid or non-grid, it's a question of virtual > data/display > >>management. > > > > > > As you know, there is no alternative that can provide the other > > functionality that people want (copy/paste etc), > > The old listview already _does_ support copying.
Only of complete rows. You cannot copy individual cells, columns or arbitrary regions. > and we've already seen > > that the grid can be significantly faster than the list. > > This is plain wrong. I never said the current listview > implementation is good; it isn't. But to rewrite it with > wxVIRTUAL or however the style is called is for sure easier > than doing it with wxGrid. Actually you've said on a number of occasions that the current implementation is limited by the OS's underlying controls; for example: http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-performance/2005-10/msg00248.php Which implies that we need a better control, not a fix to our code. > > I know you will say that the tool has only one purpose from > your point > > of view, but regardless of that, pgAdmin *is* a generic > tool intended > > to meet the needs of the majority of it's hundreds of thousands of > > users, and that includes the query tool which many will be > comparing > > with SQL's Query Analyzer and similar programs. > > Which can do better in exactly which aspect? Copy/paste? /D ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
