[QGIS-Developer] DBManager save querys only saves selected code - Bug or Feature?

[Nyall Dawson]

On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 18:29, Matthias Kuhn <matthias at opengis.ch> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> Is there any other software with this behavior to "save only selected"? Or a use case where this is desirable?
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> From top of my mind I can't find anything and I think all our other editors always save the full text, regardless of selection.

+1 to that. If a user really needs to save only a selected portion I
think it's fine to require them to copy that part to a text editor and
save from there. I'd rather not overload the UI with two options "save
all"/"save selected bit only", it's just overkill.

Nyall


>
> Regards
>
> Matthias
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> On 7/21/19 10:19 AM, Alexandre Neto wrote:
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> I agree that it can be a feature, but needs to be more explicit to the user.
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> My problem is that I was creating several instructions and running them one by one. Then, in the end, I wanted to save everything and didn't realize that there was a selection.
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> Documentation alone won't be enough IMHO. So, maybe a check box with "Save selected only?
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> Anyway, thanks for making saving available.
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> Alex
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> A Sáb, 20/07/2019, 18:27, Loïc Bartoletti <lbartoletti at tuxfamily.org> escreveu:
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>> Hi Alexandre,
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>> It's my bad, I used _getSqlQuery insted of self.editSql.text().
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>> For me a feature must be documented and for this one the user must have the choice between the full text or the selected part. So it's a bug or I add this option and the doc.
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>> Regards,
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>> Loïc
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>> Le 20/07/2019 à 17:04, Alexandre Neto a écrit :
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>> Hi,
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>> I had some frustrations with the DB Manager save query functionality. At some point I finally understood that, if there is some selected code, only that part is saved.
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>> To me it's weird, because when you save, the rest of the code is maintained in the SQL editor, and the name of the query is showned in the topo.
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>> But, when I turn of my project and open it again, surprise surprise, only the selected part is in the Query.
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>> Bug or feature?
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>> Alex Neto
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