On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 21:07 +0300, Herouth Maoz wrote:
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> On 07/06/2011, at 22:38, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
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> >
> > What does the query tool tell you when you execute your query?
> > nothing
> > like "Do you want to attempt to reconnect to the database?"?
> >
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> I run the query, and I get this:
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> server closed the connection unexpectedly
> This probably means the server terminated abnormally
> before or while processing the request.
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>
> When I try to run it again, I get
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> no connection to the server
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> >
> > > - So I close the windows, go to the main window and refresh the
> > > database. It asks me whether I want it to reconnect.
> > > - I say yes, it reconnects - but when I try to open the table edit
> > > window again, PgAdmin crashes.
> > >
> > > So I have to restart PgAdmin and set everything up from scratch.
> > >
> >
> > Dont know what happens but it shouldn't crash.
> >
> > You should probably describe your issue with more details.
> >
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>
> What details were missing from my description? I gave a step-by-step
> description of what I did.
>
Nope. Here are the steps you gave us:
> - I have a query tool and a table edit window open.
> - While my Mac sleeps, the connection is lost.
> - I try to refresh or do anything in the tool or window, and I get an
> error and I can no longer do anything with these windows.
What is "do anything"? because if I try to run the query another time
(still query tool only), pgAdmin asks me if I want to reconnect. I say
yes, and I have to run the query another time to get the results.
> - So I close the windows, go to the main window and refresh the
> database. It asks me whether I want it to reconnect.
> - I say yes, it reconnects - but when I try to open the table edit
> window again, PgAdmin crashes.
If I follow these steps, I don't have the issue. It works all the time.
Meaning, something is probably missing in your steps.
> >
> > > By the way, it was discussed in the past that column width setups
> > > in the table window should be saved somewhere - at least for the
> > > last table edited. They are not saved and so I need to start
> > > adjusting the columns over again every time the above scenario
> > > happens. I suppose if re-connecting from the edit tool was
> > > possible, this would be a moot point.
> > >
> >
> > As already said, only the query tool (not the edit tool) has this
> > feature.
> >
>
> Is there a reason why to support it only in the query tool?
Yeah, time missing.
> I think all tools should have the ability to recover from server
> disconnections, especially since they require fine tuning again and
> again.
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