Re: [pgadmin4][Patch] Greenplum specific DDL and Dashboard display

From: Ashesh Vashi <ashesh(dot)vashi(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>
Cc: Jing Li <jingli(at)pivotal(dot)io>, Dave Cramer <davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com>, Violet Cheng <vcheng(at)pivotal(dot)io>, pgadmin-hackers <pgadmin-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io>
Subject: Re: [pgadmin4][Patch] Greenplum specific DDL and Dashboard display
Date: 2017-08-21 07:55:04
Message-ID: CAG7mmowK+0nx+ZuTfdWp-gaBba-118ck6gVV3M6Op0KdT5vZLg@mail.gmail.com
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On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org> wrote:

> Ashesh, do you have a recommended way to do this?
>
> I haven't looked at the patch, but I assume it adds a database driver
> module for GPDB?
>
I have not looked at the patch yet.
I will take a look at it.

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>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:50 AM, Jing Li <jingli(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>
>> Hi Dave,
>>
>> Since we're hoping to get this change working for GPDB we've currently
>> using this method to detect if it's gpdb and show the appropriate graphs.
>> Right now it displays errors on the dashboard if it's connected to a gpdb
>> server.
>> For this patch specifically, the goal is to improve the experience for
>> greenplum users so they can get the same information as someone connected
>> to a postgres server.
>>
>> I do agree that this is a bigger discussion about how we handle behavior
>> change overall if it's regular postgres or something else. Let's talk about
>> how we can restructure this behavior in a wider context. Are you open to
>> meeting about it?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ~Jing
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 5:37 AM, Dave Cramer davecramer(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Violet.
>>>
>>> I don't really like the way this has been implemented. It adds a
>>> variable which is only used for gpdb.
>>>
>>> There are other places in the code where the behaviour is changed if the
>>> server is ppas or regular postgres.
>>>
>>> Candidly I think all of this needs restructuring.
>>>
>>> Dave Cramer
>>>
>>> On 15 August 2017 at 23:29, Violet Cheng <vcheng(at)pivotal(dot)io> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Any comment on this patch? If no, will it be committed soon?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Violet
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 12:05 PM, Sarah McAlear <smcalear(at)pivotal(dot)io>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Hackers!
>>>
>>> This patch enables Greenplum users to see the same charts on the
>>> dashboard as postgres users. It also adds some additional information to
>>> the DDL that is Greenplum specific and necessary to create a new table.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Sarah
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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