Re: Connecting by data source?

[Rodrigo Moya Piernavieja <rmoya tsai es>]

> > Same as before. If the provider accepts the username in the DSN string, this
> > will work, but if not...
> >
> > Although I'm thinking we could use a new entry per datasource to specify a
> > default user. So, if you don't provide a username in the call to
> > gda_connection_open, it will use this one, and if you specify a username, it
> > will use this one instead of the datasource-specified.
> >
> > What do you think?
>
> I like this idea, since it frees the user from having to type their name
> each time.
>
> Would it be possible for the login widget to update the user's gdalib file
> with their username?  That way, the administrator can deploy the same
> gdalib file to each user, and then the user only needs to specify their
> username once (unless the administrator deploys a new gdalib file to that
> user, overwriting their personalization).
>
> Since the login widget would update their private gdalib file, it would
> remember the user name for future logins, and all they'd have to type is
> their password.

Yes, great idea! In fact, the login widget does something like this right now: it
updates the list of the last successful connections, so it's just a matter of
adding this new code at the same place where this is done. As this is not very
difficult, I'm starting on it right now, while I'm compiling other things...

Cheers