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Thread EDBManager & Favourites
Fri, May 29 2009 10:04 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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I know you have the ability to have EDBManager remember its state but being an awkward cuss I don't find it very Roy friendly. Hows about a favourites menu.

What I'd like to see is the ability to store database or table. If I then click a table EDBManager opens the session, opens the database and opens the table. Naturally iI I then click a database EDBManager opens the session, and opens the database.

I tend to work on a single aspect at a time, and as an example I'm currently working on configuration maintenance and control (my app not tables or databases) and when I open EDBManager I'm generally going to want to open one of two tables initially. I don't want to have the mess I've made of it with a slack handful of queries, open tables etc. I constantly find myself:

open EDBManager
click on TfR (session)
click on databases
click on NLH (database)
click on tables
click on Config (or ColourSchemes)
click on open table

It would be soooo much nicer to

open EDBManager
click on Favourites (even if spelt in your version of English Smiley
slide to Config and click

Roy Lambert
Fri, May 29 2009 3:18 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Roy,

<< I know you have the ability to have EDBManager remember its state but
being an awkward cuss I don't find it very Roy friendly. Hows about a
favourites menu. >>

Yep, already on the list - a "save desktop" type of option where you get to
specify the name along with a readily-accessible combo box for selecting the
desired desktop.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Sat, May 30 2009 3:51 AMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Tim


From your brief description it doesn't sound anything resembling what I was suggesting.

Roy Lambert
Mon, Jun 1 2009 12:00 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Roy,

<< From your brief description it doesn't sound anything resembling what I
was suggesting. >>

Please elaborate then, because your initial description really didn't get
around to exactly what constituted a "favorite".  I assumed that it was the
initial open table(s), database(s), etc. that are open before you start to
work with queries, etc.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Mon, Jun 1 2009 1:22 PMPermanent Link

Roy Lambert

NLH Associates

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Tim

>Please elaborate then, because your initial description really didn't get
>around to exactly what constituted a "favorite". I assumed that it was the
>initial open table(s), database(s), etc. that are open before you start to
>work with queries, etc.

OK, think of the Favorites menu in a web browser, what I was thinking about was something along those lines with the ability to add an object (session, database, table) to it and when clicked on have ElevateDB open the necessary stuff in the background. eg


Two session A and B

In Session A databases 1, 2 and 3

In Session A database 1 tables a, b, c

In Session B databases 1,7 and 9

In Session B database 1 table q, x, y

In Session B database 7 table b, f

I'd like to be able to add B7b and database A1 and session A to favourites

If I click on A EDBManager opens session A - that's it

If I click on table B7b EDBManager opens session B, opens database 7, opens table b

If I clicked A1, then clicked B7b I'd end up with database 1 in session A open and table b in database 7 in session B open.

Call it shortcuts, fast open links or favourites. Possibly even limit the number allowed (stop it getting into the same mess as my internet favourites). I'd be happy with 4 of these sort of links

Hope that gives you a better idea. Essentially what I'm looking for is a way to get to the bit I'm working on as fast and simply as possible with the fewest number of actions (clicks or keystrokes) from me.

Roy Lambert
Tue, Jun 2 2009 1:56 PMPermanent Link

Tim Young [Elevate Software]

Elevate Software, Inc.

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Roy,

<< OK, think of the Favorites menu in a web browser, what I was thinking
about was something along those lines with the ability to add an object
(session, database, table) to it and when clicked on have ElevateDB open the
necessary stuff in the background. eg >>

Ahh, okay.  Added to the list.

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Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

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