Re: Query tool margin

Dave Page wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
>>Sent: 04 November 2005 14:03
>>To: Dave Page
>>Cc: pgadmin-hackers
>>Subject: Re: Query tool margin
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>>Dave Page wrote:
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: Andreas Pflug [mailto:pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de]
>>>>Sent: 04 November 2005 13:48
>>>>To: Dave Page
>>>>Cc: pgadmin-hackers
>>>>Subject: Re: Query tool margin
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>>>>Use ConvertDialogToPixels.
>>>>I'm still not happy, do we really need this? 999 wouldn't be
>>>>enough, I
>>>>do have bigger scripts. Additionally, screenshots need to
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>>be updated.
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>>>I ran into the problem very recently when debugging some
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>>functions - the
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>>>backend helpfully told me where the problems were, but of
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>>course, I had
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>>>a script, not the function itself in the window that
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>>reported the error.
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>>The marker should show you the failing line, observing an offset if
>>executed from a marked range; is that broken?
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> No, the function is not in the editor that reports the error, a script
> that calls it is. The best we can do with the marker in this case is
> mark the function call. The error from the backend tells me there is a
> problem on line X of the marked function, which I then investigate in a
> separate query window (with the create or replace function source).

The function editor already has the line number margin. I hate it,
reminds me of C64 BASIC...

Regards,
Andreas