On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info> wrote:
Marc Delisle a écrit :
> Ammar Yasir a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> My first task is to have an interface for input criteria. We discussed
>> earlier to make use of table search page or multi-table query generator
>> for this. I was hoping for some comments regarding this.
>>
>> The aim is to let the user select _*exactly two*_ columns(along with
>> some criteria) from a table. I prefer the table search page, it is less
>> complicated ( simple form, advanced options ). Also we do not need to
>> consider columns from multiple table so table search page will be more
>> focused. But the selection also depends on where all we want to put the
>> option of "Zoom search" in phpMyAdmin. So should this feature be a
>> separate component or should it be available on table search page/
>> multi-table query generator (or both) ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Ammar Yasir
>> http://ammaryasirr.blogspot.com/
>
> Hi Ammar,
> my answer is based on the assumption that the table Search page is more
> known than the multi-table query generator -- it's been my experience so
> far, anyway.
>
> I suggest to add in table Search, Options section a checkbox "Zoom
> search"; when checked, another section would reveal itself, containing
> particular options for this feature.

Or the Zoom search checkbox could be always visible, to better promote it.

Maybe we could put two sub tabs on the table_select page. One will allow for table search and the other for zoom search. 
>
> Also, when checked, the "Select columns" section could be changed to
> guide the user into selecting exactly two columns. Not sure if the
> current "select multiple" control is the best in this case, it's up to
> you to propose something suitable.
>
> However I'm not sure how this would integrate with the multi-table query
> generator.
>


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