Re: [Flamerobin-devel] Reconnecting SQL window

[Nando D. <na...@de...>]

Michael,

>> I would find it very useful if I could reconnect the SQL window
>> (without deleting the current text) to a different database. Maybe
>> through a combo-box in the toolbar. I haven't looked at the code
>> yet. Would you folks find it useful
>
> since I don't have a real use for it it looks a little contrived to
> me. It is very different from the current frame handling, all frames
> have a fixed connection to a database or server, and auto-close if
> those are disconnected / removed.

I happen to work on sets of structurally almost identical databases, and
often I need to extract DDL of some object to apply it to a different
database. Currently it's copy&paste, which isn't very bad but can be
made better.

> Opening a new SQL editor frame for the other database and loading
> the previous statement would also work for your use case if all
> databases share the statement history, wouldn't it?

I don't want to share the history, that would be a mess.

>> and how hard would it be?
>
> It would be doable but not easy, since the grid, grid table and blob
> editor share the raw pointer to the database (passed to them at
> creation time). Some serious refactoring would be necessary.

Wouldn't a shered pointer be better here, anyway?
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Nando Dessena