On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 at 12:03, Thom Brown <t...@linux.com> wrote: > >> You've been able to do the "Select and run" thing for years. If you >> select text in the editor and hit the execute button, only the selected >> text is sent to the server. If nothing is selected, the entire string is >> sent. This feature will complement that for convenience, but for safety >> will have a separate button/shortcut. >> > > Oh, I clearly don't use PgAdmin enough to know this already. >
Boo! > > I still find the proposal somewhat unintuitive, but the foot-gun > safeguards that have been suggested sound like any pedal injuries will > solely be the fault of the user. > > I would want to see it tested in a diverse range of scenarios though, > which will require some imagination given what users will no doubt try to > use it on. > Yes, I have made that very clear to the team. Suggestions for test scenarios are welcome of course - a good way to experiment might be to see how the current version of pgAdmin (which uses the new CodeMirror code) manages to mess up syntax highlighting of anything weird. -- Dave Page pgAdmin: https://www.pgadmin.org PostgreSQL: https://www.postgresql.org EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
