Re: [gnome-db] gnome-database-properties

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>]

On Thu, 2004-11-04 at 09:28 +0100, Vivien Malerba wrote:
> On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 18:14:36 -0600 (CST), Daniel Espinosa
> <esodan yahoo com mx> wrote:
> >  --- Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org> escribió:
> > 
> > 
> > > On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 15:06 +0100, Vivien Malerba
> > > wrote:
> > > > I've started cleaning the Libgnomedb for unused
> > > objects and widgets,
> > > > and I was wondering why the
> > > gnome-database-properties does display the
> > > > list of tables, instead of just being able to test
> > > if the connection
> > > > is OK (as it used to do some time ago).
> > > >
> > > > I think that the gnome-database-properties program
> > > should be kept to
> > > > the minimum which is managing the connections
> > > declarations and testing
> > > > if the connections can be opened.
> > > >
> > > > If you have no problem with that, I'll simplify
> > > the code to only show
> > > > if the connection to a datasource is possible.
> > > >
> > > well, I think we might need a read-only tool to view
> > > data in the
> > > database. This tools is used by gnumeric and abiword
> > > also, and helps a
> > > lot to have the data available for simple
> > > inspection.
> > >
> > > So, I would vote to leave it as it is. Probably, the
> > > interface should
> > > get better.
> [...]
> > 
> > I think, is good idea to have a Test Button, where the
> > user can check if the configuration is ok. And a
> > Button to navigate throught the data, the the peaple
> > can see some data in the data base.
> > 
> > As a future characteristic, this can be sustituted by
> > to lunch an application (may be mergeant) to
> > configurate the data base. Of course may can exist a
> > button for "Configure the Data Base" or some thing
> > like it, to lunch that application.
> > 
> 
> Right, then I'll modify the widget to:
> -> add a "test connection" button which allows to see if a connection
> can be opened, which will display a Yes/No answer
> -> add a "browse database" button which will either display the
> database structures, or run mergeant. What do you prefer?
> 
> Does it sound ok?
> 
yes, sounds good
-- 
Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org>