[Phpmyadmin-devel] QBE Updates

Hello: I've been following development of phpMyAdmin for some time now and would like to contribute. First, let me say thanks. I'm really impressed with the improvements to phpMyAdmin that I've seen just in the past few months. I've been thinking for some time that I would like to make some improvements to the Query by Example (QBE) page of phpMyAdmin. To that end, does anyone have any particular ownership of this section of phpMyAdmin? I don't want to step on toes but I do think I can contribute something valuable. The first thing I would like to do is add alias functionality to the QBE page. That is, table and field alias support. One of the first benefits of this is the ability to use the same table more than once in the same query. Also, I think it wouldn't be too difficult to allow functions in field definitions as part of the same changes. Second, I would like to add the ability to load an sql statement into the QBE grid. That is, import or paste a valid sql statement and have the QBE page get filled in with all the appropriate columns, etc. That would greatly simplify the use of QBE since already-created sql could be reused and modified easily. I have some other ideas but these should make a good start. I look forward to your comments. Regards, Jean-François (Jay) Davis Atlanta, GA USA p.s. Je parle français aussi. Alors, repondez-vous en français si c'est préferable.