Re: pgAdmin 4 v2.0 Release Candidate 2

On 26 Sep 2017, at 20:36, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:

>> I noticed that the dashboard has is not in the server panel by default,
>> but must be added. Was that intentional?
>
> >What does that mean?
>
> It means that when I installed v2. I could not figure out where there
> dashboard was. Then I just happened to right click on the right side and
> noticed there were options to Detach or "Add pane;". A mouse over on Add Panel gives the option to select Dashboard. Voila!

The dashboard hasn’t moved at all. You must have closed it at some point.

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> >pgAdmin 4 never did that. It’s not a change.
>
> True, but PgAdmin III did! See attached. THAT is a change in
> functionality / feature!

pgAdmin III is a different application. It’s been discussed a number of times that pgAdmin 4 was never intended to be a carbon copy.

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> >Query cancellation was a feature that was added in response to user >requests. Are you really asking us to stop adding new features?
>
> No, I am asking you to restore old functionality. See above.
>
> Query cancellation {pg_cancel_backend(pid int)} is not the same
> as kill session {(pg_terminate_backend(pid int)}. They are two
> different features. Apparently pg_terminate_backend(pid int) was
> _replaced_ with pg_cancel_backend(pid int).
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>
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> On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 3:14:31 PM EDT, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:
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>> On 26 Sep 2017, at 19:35, Melvin Davidson <melvin6925(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>> I noticed that the dashboard has is not in the server panel by default,
>> but must be added. Was that intentional?
>
> What does that mean?
>
>>
>> Also, in PgAdmin III, it was possible to select and cancel session(s).
>> However, in PgAdmin4 sessions can no longer be canceled/killed from the dashboard, only the associated transaction. That is a major change.
>
> pgAdmin 4 never did that. It’s not a change.
>
>> As
>> a DBA, I need to be able to kill _sessions_. I can get around that with
>> SQL, but WHY the change? Please, STOP changing how PgAdmin works!
>
> Query cancellation was a feature that was added in response to user requests. Are you really asking us to stop adding new features?
>
>
>>
>> Melvin Davidson 🎸
>> I reserve the right to fantasize. Whether or not you
>> wish to share my fantasy is entirely up to you.
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>> www.folkalley.com
>>
>>
> <kill_session.jpg>