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  Regarding (e), I now see that there is a resize grabber. I'd swear there wasn't one there before, but I can't reproduce that.

  CWuestefeld September 06, 2006 11:52

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  Hi Chris,
  
  Thanks for the feedback.
  

  However, the popup's tabs really need tooltips (or at least text) to indicate what they contain.

  
  Others have requested this, aswell, so we are going to do it. (Did you notice the text underneath the buttons?)
  

  Speaking of tooltips, the various icons for object type, the yellow and green keys, etc, need tooltips.

  
  That's a valid point, I have added it to our list.
  

  Regarding (e), I now see that there is a resize grabber. I'd swear there wasn't one there before, but I can't reproduce that.

  
  I'll look out for that.
  

  When the column's value needs to be elided, there should be some way to determine what the full text is, either by tooltip or by a second popup to show a complete description.

  
  We are planning to have a tooltip for columns, like for tables and other objects, which gives you more information.
  

  And while you're at it, a way to sort by other columns would be great.

  
  Could you explain this a bit more?
  

  The new status window as SQLPrompt discovers the schema is appreciated, but...
  believe that I've caught it refreshing when it shouldn't need to.

  
  Improvements in this area are already planned.
  

  The default options for Qualify object names, Assign aliases, Surround with brackets, Qualify non-aliased are all wrong (IMHO).

  
  Join the queue We had a big discussion about this yesterday with the outcome being that we are probably going to turn most things off, by default.
  
  The other problem is, that many people don't seem to find the options. Any suggestions for that would be most appriciated.
  
  Regards,
  
  Tilman[/quote]

  Tilman September 07, 2006 04:26

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  Tilman wrote:

  I wrote:

  And while you're at it, a way to sort by other columns would be great.

  Could you explain this a bit more?

  A common (but not universal) UI pattern in Windows is that in grid or listview-type controls, the columns have headings. When the heading of a particular column is clicked, the list gets sorted by that column. A second click changes it to a descending sort. And for bonus points, control-click adds another column as secondar (or n-ary) sort criteria.
  
  Although the way you currently have the list organized is probably correct for most cases, there are times when an alternate sort might be useful.
  
  For example, in the Columns from all tables list, the default sort seems to be column name. However, the containing table name (i.e., the right column) might make sense if I know where the column is, but not its name.

  CWuestefeld September 07, 2006 08:51

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  Hi,
  

  Although the way you currently have the list organized is probably correct for most cases, there are times when an alternate sort might be useful.

  
  I'm afraid the data structure we use only allows sorting alphabetically for the moment. The advantage is that it's fast, no matter how big the database.

  For example, in the Columns from all tables list, the default sort seems to be column name. However, the containing table name (i.e., the right column) might make sense if I know where the column is, but not its name.

  
  A problem we are aware of and we will try to address it for the final release.
  
  Regards,
  
  Tilman

  Tilman September 07, 2006 09:44

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