Re: [gnome-db] datasources:///

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 21:11, Laurent Sansonetti wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-12-05 at 16:53, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > So long as DataSources can be reached via preferences:/// I don't think it is a 
> > make or break deal.  A seperate view or an associated application.  I'm not 
> > certain how one would present data source configuration in a nautilus view.  
> > fonts:/// is good, but it is read only.  You can't go there and edit the 
> > attributes of a font,  I'm not sure how doing such a thing would look.
> > 
> > A nautilus datasource navigator (goining INTO a datasource) would be very 
> > interesting  (following something like the tree view presented by dbvisualizer) 
> > and a grid to edit table data.  But I don't know how scalable that would be.  
> > For instance our database has 769 tables, 121 views, and lord knows how many 
> > indexes.  Some tables have 3+ million records;  make a simple navigator could 
> > be tough. {But I'd send pizza to the guy/gal who pulls it off}.  But I'm a huge 
> > fan of GNOME-VFS and nautilus, so I'm biased toward such a thing.
> 
> I don't think it is a good idea to go INTO a data source.  It is too
> complex, and it requires an advanced application like mergeant.
> 
> IMHO the nautilus view should just:
> 
>       * Show an icon for each registered data source.  Clicking on an
>         icon could eventually start mergeant, as Vivien proposed, and
>         the "Properties" dialog should propose a new tab, allowing user
>         to view and change the data source name, provider, connection
>         string, etc...  Renaming an icon should rename the data source
>         itself.  Deleting an icon should delete the data source itself;
> 
>       * Show an "Add new data source" icon.  Clicking on this icon
>         should open the libgnomedb data source druid.  This icon
>         shouldn't be deletable.
> 
that's exactly what gnome-database-properties does.

> The idea is to replace the gnome-database-properties program, with
> something more user-friendly.  It seems fine for me, but I don't know if
> it is a good idea, and if it makes sense.
> 
the best idea is to make the gnome-database-properties more
user-friendly :-)

cheers