Thread: pgAdmin III v1.4.0 Beta 3 released for testing

Beta 3 of pgAdmin 1.4.0, the graphical PostgreSQL administration tool
for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris is now available for download
from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/beta/

This new beta version fixes various issues in the *nix build system and
includes much tighter configuration error detection than previous
releases. In addition a number of Mac related fixes are included.

V1.4.0 contains a number of new features including:

- Slony-I support
- An SQL/shell job scheduling agent
- PostgreSQL 8.1 support
    - Autovacuum administration
    - Roles
    - Stored procedures (ie. Functions with OUT parameters)
    - Prepared transactions
- Allow server registration without connect
- Allow connection selection in the query tool
- Major source tree and architecture overhaul to allow further
extensibility
- Unix domain socket support
- 'Guru Hints' to help new users
- Password can be stored in .pgass/pgpass.conf files
- New graphics throughout
- Alert the user when a query finishes in the query tool if the window
is not active
- Graphical EXPLAIN
- Support for Asynchronous Notifications in the query tool

As well as many other tweaks, improvements and bug fixes.

Please take some time to test the new beta and report any bugs to
pgadmin-support@postgresql.org. With your help we can make this the most
bug free release possible.

Regards, Dave

Hi Dave,

On Oct 20, 2005, at 3:47 AM, Dave Page wrote:

> Beta 3 of pgAdmin 1.4.0, the graphical PostgreSQL administration tool
> for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris is now available for download
> from http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/pgadmin3/beta/


Is there a reason you don't mention OS X? From previous announcements  
I thought it was not ready for beta testing since it was not listed.  
But I made my lazy self check today and found that there is a OS X  
beta version. And wow, I'm very impressed with with the overall  
visual appearance. Much improved. Now you just need to get the OK/ 
Cancel buttons in the right order for Mac users :).

A few issues I noticed:

Data browser does not honor the maximum number of rows setting. I set  
mine to 1000 and loads every row in the table.

In the documentation viewer I went to some web page links and get  
lots of "No handler for image type" errors. Example:

http://people.planetpostgresql.org/dpage/index.php?/archives/2- 
Support-rant-Dave-goes-off-on-one!!!.html


> - Password can be stored in .pgass/pgpass.conf files

Is this supposed to work for connecting to the server in the main  
window. My server is on localhost:5432 and I had the entry below in  
my .pgpass but it still prompted me for the password. But it is very  
nice the password prompt window now allows me to save the password.  
Where are they stored?

localhost:5432:*:user:pass


Great job on the new version.


John DeSoi, Ph.D.
http://pgedit.com/
Power Tools for PostgreSQL