Re: Regarding feature #6841

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 12:03, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> wrote:

>
>> You've been able to do the "Select and run" thing for years. If you
>> select text in the editor and hit the execute button, only the selected
>> text is sent to the server. If nothing is selected, the entire string is
>> sent. This feature will complement that for convenience, but for safety
>> will have a separate button/shortcut.
>>
>
> Oh, I clearly don't use PgAdmin enough to know this already.
>

Boo!

>
> I still find the proposal somewhat unintuitive, but the foot-gun
> safeguards that have been suggested sound like any pedal injuries will
> solely be the fault of the user.
>
> I would want to see it tested in a diverse range of scenarios though,
> which will require some imagination given what users will no doubt try to
> use it on.
>

Yes, I have made that very clear to the team. Suggestions for test
scenarios are welcome of course - a good way to experiment might be to see
how the current version of pgAdmin (which uses the new CodeMirror code)
manages to mess up syntax highlighting of anything weird.

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