[Qgis-user] custom db query plugin update

[Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da]

Hi all

I uploaded a new version (v0.5) of the 'Custom db query' plugin.
It is marked as 'experimental' and it should be treated as so by users
that decide on downloading it ;)

Improvements over the previous version:
- There is now a shortcut key (Alt+x) for executing SQL queries
- The default geometry and identifier column names for SpatiaLite are
now 'Geometry' and 'PK_UID'
- I added an 'Inspect tables' tab, so that it is possible to see the
table's and column's names and also their data
- I made some changes, towards supporting utf-8 databases, but I'm not
sure if it is 100% all right

Some of the plugin's shortcomings, that I hope to fix in future versions:
- There is no progress bar indicating that there is a query running
- There is no way to cancel a running query
- The plugin's help page is still pretty much unfinished, so there
aren't many clues as to how to operate it

I think I'll release next version when I can solve these pending
issues. By that time I will drop the experimental mark.
In the meanwhile I'll try to record some videos showing off the
plugin's usage, while I overcome may laziness in writing a proper help
page.

If you decide to test it out, please leave me some feedback on this
mailing-list, and, if possible, using this thread.

Thank you

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