> -----Original Message----- > From: Erwin Brandstetter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 October 2006 16:15 > To: pgadmin-support@postgresql.org > Cc: Dave Page > Subject: Re: [pgadmin-support] Beta 3 crashing reproducably > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>> Also, there is no way to pick the user with which to connect. > >>> > >> > >> No. It will use the username/password you specified when > you registered > >> the server in the main browser. > >> > > > > I can (and do) have multiple connections registered, with different > > usernames to the same server. There is no way to tell one from the > > other in the dialogue. > > Also, the registered connections ask for "maintainance DB". Most > queries, however, will be run against other DBs in the cluster. > I quote your help file: > > > The maintenance DB field is used to specify the initial > database that > > pgAdmin connects to, and that will be expected to have the pgAgent > > <pgagent.html> schema and adminpack <extend.html> objects installed > > (both optional). On PostgreSQL 8.1 and above, the maintenance DB is > > normally called 'postgres', and on earlier versions 'template1' is > > often used, though it is preferrable to create a 'postgres' > database > > for this purpose to avoid cluttering the template database. > > > > If I can only chose among registered connections to > maintaeinance DBs, > the whole "database bar" is basically useless.
You can select from any database on any registered connection. At least I can - Magnus is more familiar with that code than I am - perhaps he has an idea why you can't? Regards, Dave. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
