[pgadmin-support] Column types
It would be nice if the list that displays the columns in a table also displayed the type of each column: http://i.imgur.com/VkpQo.jpg Thanks! Timwi -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
Re: [pgadmin-support] Column types
Le 05/24/2011 05:36 PM, Arne Heizmann a écrit : > > It would be nice if the list that displays the columns in a table also > displayed the type of each column: > We try to have some consistency. So for each object's list, we only display "common" properties: name, owner, comments. If we add other properties, then everyone will have his favourites. I'm not against, but it's not that simple to code. -- Guillaume http://www.postgresql.fr http://dalibo.com -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
Re: [pgadmin-support] Column types
All the table info (columns and type,etc) can be seen in the lower right panel (the SQL to create the table) --- On Tue, 5/24/11, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: From: Guillaume Lelarge Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Column types To: "Arne Heizmann" Cc: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org Date: Tuesday, May 24, 2011, 4:52 PM Le 05/24/2011 05:36 PM, Arne Heizmann a écrit : > > It would be nice if the list that displays the columns in a table also > displayed the type of each column: > We try to have some consistency. So for each object's list, we only display "common" properties: name, owner, comments. If we add other properties, then everyone will have his favourites. I'm not against, but it's not that simple to code. -- Guillaume http://www.postgresql.fr http://dalibo.com -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
Re: [pgadmin-support] Column types
On 24/05/2011 20:52, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: It would be nice if the list that displays the columns in a table also displayed the type of each column: We try to have some consistency. Even when it clearly impairs usability? :) Interesting you should say that though, because there are a few inconsistencies with native OS behaviour — for example, the Context key doesn’t open context menus. Shift+F10 does though. Normally Shift+F10 is considered an alias for the Context key. Would you like me to report more of these as I encouter them? I tried to find a public bugtracker where I could file them, but all I found was a reference to this mailing list. If we add other properties, then everyone will have his favourites. Well if you add properties just because someone thinks it’s his favourite, then of course you’d be impairing usability in the other direction. Good UI design requires you to strike the right balance — nobody said UI design is easy :) A column’s type is not a favourite, it’s essential information. Also a column in a table is not a J. Random Object, it’s an archetypical feature of an RDBMS. If anything deserves special treatment, wouldn’t you agree that this is a pretty good candidate? :) Timwi -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
Re: [pgadmin-support] Column types
Le 05/24/2011 11:55 PM, Arne Heizmann a écrit : > On 24/05/2011 20:52, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: >>> It would be nice if the list that displays the columns in a table also >>> displayed the type of each column: >> >> We try to have some consistency. > > Even when it clearly impairs usability? :) > No. That's why we put the datatype field in the first tab of the column properties dialog. But we didn't at first. And to be honest, I don't see it as "impairing usability". > Interesting you should say that though, because there are a few > inconsistencies with native OS behaviour — for example, the Context key > doesn’t open context menus. Shift+F10 does though. Normally Shift+F10 is > considered an alias for the Context key. > Could be a wxWidgets bug. I'll have to look into this. > Would you like me to report more of these as I encouter them? Yes, of course. > I tried to > find a public bugtracker where I could file them, but all I found was a > reference to this mailing list. > There's no (read/write) public bugtracker. There's a "private" one (http://code.pgadmin.org) where we put interesting things to work on (at least the ones we don't have time to work on immediately). So, yeah, you found a bug, or you want a new feature? tell about it on the pgadmin-support mailing list. >> If we add other properties, then everyone will have his favourites. > > Well if you add properties just because someone thinks it’s his > favourite, then of course you’d be impairing usability in the other > direction. Good UI design requires you to strike the right balance — > nobody said UI design is easy :) > +1 > A column’s type is not a favourite, it’s essential information. I agree it's an essential information. But that doesn't mean it should appear on that list. > Also a > column in a table is not a J. Random Object, it’s an archetypical > feature of an RDBMS. If anything deserves special treatment, wouldn’t > you agree that this is a pretty good candidate? :) > I agree. I also agree it would be a pretty good candidate to be shown in this list. But I'm worried this is the opening of Pandora's box. -- Guillaume http://www.postgresql.fr http://dalibo.com -- Sent via pgadmin-support mailing list (pgadmin-support@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgadmin-support
