Re: Fixing issues between objects and properties dialogs - Mailing list pgadmin-hackers

On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 21:16 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-08-11 at 08:52 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:06 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> > <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2011-08-09 at 00:30 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 15:09 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > >> > On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 2:23 PM, Guillaume Lelarge
> > >> > <guillaume@lelarge.info> wrote:
> > >> > > On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 14:11 +0200, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> > >> > >> On Sun, 2011-07-24 at 12:58 +0100, Dave Page wrote:
> > >> > >> > The former fix seems more appropriate. Operations in frmMain shouldn't
> > >> > >> > cause dialogues to close.
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> Fine with me. That should be simpler to do.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> > Simple fix seems to be to store a pointer to the dialog in pgObject;
> > >> > >> > if not null, disallow drop, or if trying to view properties, use the
> > >> > >> > pointer to raise the existing dialogue. Clear the pointer when the
> > >> > >> > dialog is closed.
> > >> > >> >
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> I thought of something similar, but this is OK with me.
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >> I expect it to be quite a big patch. Should I work on 1.14 or master?
> > >> > >> this is surely a bug, so 1.14 should be OK. But I'm afraid this is too
> > >> > >> much changes to code it on a beta release. Any strong opinion on this
> > >> > >> matter?
> > >> > >>
> > >> > >
> > >> > > And another question. Let's say I open a table properties' dialog, and I
> > >> > > try to refresh the whole database. Should it refresh everything except
> > >> > > this table, or nothing and complains about properties' dialogs being
> > >> > > open, preventing the object to be refreshed?
> > >> >
> > >> > Nothing. "There are properties dialogues open for one or more objects
> > >> > that would be refreshed. Please close the properties dialogues and try
> > >> > again."
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >> Just a quick update. Still working on it, and I have good results so
> > >> far. I'm now able to prevent refresh and drop (refresh for all objects,
> > >> drop for schemas only) if an object's properties dialog is open.
> > >>
> > >> Patch attached. Obviously WIP. Not so obvious, it's dirty code (some
> > >> wxLogError, not really efficient code, etc). But comments very welcome.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Seems it hits final release. See attached patch. Protects against server
> > > or database disconnection, and browser refresh. If a user tries to open
> > > many times the same object properties, it will raise the previous window
> > > rather than opening a new one.
> > >
> > > I think it's pretty neat :) It's been a huge pgAdmin's issue for a long
> > > time.
> > >
> > > Any comments before I commit it?
> >
> > It's too late for 1.14 - that's why I said upstream it should be for
> > 1.15 (RC1 may well be next week).
> >
>
> Sure, I wasn't gonna commit it on 1.14.
>
> If RC1 may be next week, I really have to send a reminder to our
> translators.
>
> > Otherwise, nice work :-)
> >
>
> Thanks. Forgot to tell that it also prevents drop when the properties
> dialog is open.
>

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