> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Page [mailto:dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:44 AM
> To: Chuck McDevitt
> Cc: pgadmin-hackers
> Subject: Re: pgAdmin for Greenplum database?
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Chuck McDevitt
> <cmcdevitt(at)greenplum(dot)com> wrote:
> >
> >> Can you post your patches ASAP so we can see how large they are and
> >> how much work will be involved?
> >>
> > And here are some of the new source files for the change.
> >
> > The changes aren't quite ready yet, I still have work to do.
>
> Hi,
>
> I've quickly eyeballed the patch and the additional files and don't
> see anything that gives me any cause for concern. Obviously I cannot
> test the Greenplum-specific code at the moment (I guess I'll have to
> download the trial at some point - yet another test VM :-p ). I did
> spot the following (minor) issues, at least some of which I would
> assume you're already aware of:
>
> - The additional constants in keywords.h should have a
> product-specific suffix, ie. _GP
>
> - The standard indent in the pgAdmin code is four spaces, not a tab.
>
> - The online help is using the PostgreSQL help site. Do you have a
> version of the PG docs with the Greenplum additions that still uses
> the same file names? If so, there should be an appropriate help path
> option on frmOptions, if not, we need to figure out an acceptable
> alternative.
>
> - The patch is missing images, headers, dialogue code (I assume there
> should be dlgResQueue.cpp and dlgPartition.cpp) and dialogue
> resources.
>
> - precomp.h needs an update to include any new headers.
>
> - Presumably Greenplum has it's own versions of pg_dump and friends,
> in which case we need a GP Bin Path option on frmOptions, and changes
> to frmBackup::getCmdPart1() and similar functions to call the correct
> binary.
>
> Please be aware that we're expecting to go to beta within a few weeks
> (at the same time as PostgreSQL 8.4), so we'll want to get these
> patches in fairly soon.
>
> --
> Dave Page
> EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com
I should have a reasonably complete patch ready by the beginning of next week, and should be able to finish everything before the beta.