From kde-core-devel Thu Mar 29 14:11:42 2001 From: Henrik Johnson Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 14:11:42 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Re: KDB UI X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98587510224097 This would work much better with Oracle connections as well. As I've don= e=20 it now every DB is its own "host" and it reports it has one DB with the = same name. /Henrik Johnson GlobeCom AB >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 3/29/01, 12:36:56 PM, Mike Richardson wrot= e=20 regarding KDB UI: > As part of work on Rekall (theKompany's forthcoming database) I've bee= n > having a look at the KDE-DB UI code (control panel stuff et al) and I = think > there is a significant flaw in the way it allows the user to set up > connections. Any feeback from anyone whose been involved gratefully=20 received. > Currently, the user specifiies a database type (mysql, ....), a host, = a=20 user > name and a password. The UI code verifies that a connection can be mad= e=20 to > the server; under control panel thats pretty well it, under Rekall the= =20 user > sees a list of databases on that server. > I would like to be able to name a connection to a particular database,= ie=20 a > name maps to db type, host, username, password _and_ database. This me= ans > that an app like Rekall can just open a database by name; if the datab= ase=20 is > moved, all that has to be changed is a control panel setting. But with= =20 the > current setup, this cannot be done, since the best that can be done is= =20 name a > server connection. > Before I dive in with two right feet, any comments? > Mike > -- > mike@quaking.demon.co.uk > http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk