I agree with Andreas. Popups are not good for this use case. I just think using: column IS NULL is correct for both cases and I think it would confuse people to make them pick.
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 11:33 PM, Andreas Neumann <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd rather prefer to have this as a setting somewhere instead of being > interrupted in the search by a popup. Just as in web applications, in > regular applications popup windows should be avoided, if possible. > > I think this could be a setting/option that should be saved in the project > file, either > > * per dataset > * per column > * project setting > * global setting (already possible now) > > In one of the recent check-ins from yesterday or today, Jürgen Fischer > added a setting in "Options" --> "General" --> "Representation of NULL > values" which allows for arbitrary strings to mean "NULL". One can use NULL > in his own language, or as a number -9999, or whatever one likes. > > I think you should use this setting for the NULL searches and don't ask the > user each and every time he is searching for NULL. This setting doesn't > change frequently, so I think it is ok as a global setting, or maybe also a > per project or dataset/column setting which can overwrite the global > setting. > > Just my two cents, > > Thanks for working on it! > > Andreas > > > On Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:18:40 +0200, Tim Sutton wrote: > >> Hi >> >> Radio button one is probably more appropriate in this case. >> >> Regards >> >> Tim >> >> On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 1:17 PM, sunilraj.kiran >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Tim, >>> >>> I am working on the ticket https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2974. >>> The ticket deals with Attribute search, as there can be three ways of >>> NULL >>> searches were possible. >>> >>> i.e 1) searching records with NULL values. >>> >>> 2) searching records containing NULL as text string. >>> >>> 3) Both >>> >>> The above ticket can be fixed by designing a New Widget >>> displaying >>> the above options. If the user has entered NULL in the Search string Edit >>> box in the attribute table dialog the particular Widget could Pop up to >>> ask >>> user’s choice and the result will display the selected records. >>> >>> I have attached two screenshots containing two designs for the particular >>> Pop up Widget. Can you please have a look at it and let me know whether >>> this >>> suggestion is fine or not? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Sunil >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Nathan Woodrow [mailto:[email protected]] >>> Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 5:21 PM >>> To: sunilraj.kiran >>> Cc: Jürgen E. Fischer; [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [Qgis-developer] RE : Debugging QGIS Bugs >>> >>> >>> >>> I believe he is talking about null as in no value. This is the kind >>> of behavior that I would use. >>> >>> 2011/1/13 sunilraj.kiran <[email protected]> >>> >>> Hello Everyone, >>> >>> I am working on the below ticket. While proceeding I came through >>> with >>> a question, whether we should deal the particular bug either with "null" >>> which means no value or with "null" which is a text null ? >>> >>> https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2974 >>> >>> Regards, >>> Sunil >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Qgis-developer mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> >>> >>> > -- > -- > Andreas Neumann > Böschacherstrasse 10A > 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) > Switzerland > > _______________________________________________ > Qgis-developer mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >
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