You could add a CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS statement when exportingayush choubey a écrit :
> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info> wrote:
>
>> Le 2013-05-14 20:12, ayush choubey a écrit :
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Marc Delisle <marc@infomarc.info
>>> <mailto:marc@infomarc.info>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Le 2013-05-13 19:24, ayush choubey a écrit :
>>> > There were a couple of things that i wanted to know
>>> >
>>> > 1) I was going through the this feature request
>>> > https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/feature-requests/1387/
>>> >
>>> > and i too wasn't able to figure out how to change database name.
>> Has
>>> > that feature been implemented
>>>
>>> Click on the database, then Operations. You'll find a dialog to
>> rename
>>> the database.
>>>
>>> Well, i was thinking of adding a "export as" feature there for this
>>> Feature request
>>> that will take a name and thus generated sql file will have that
>>> exported database name.
>>> But i guess renaming it is better option.
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> > 2) while exporting the database there is no create database sql
>>> statement
>>> >
>>> > for example :
>>> >
>>> > there is a db called test with certain number of tables. I
>>> selected the
>>> > database, clicked on export, clicked custom and exported it.
>>> >
>>> > However only the tables were exported. There were no create
>> statement
>>> >
>>> > Shouldn't the entire database be exported with create database
>>> > statement? Is this a bug or was this not implemented intentionally
>>>
>>> I guess nobody ever felt the need for this. The CREATE DATABASE
>>> statement is generated when you export at the server level.
>>>
>>>
>>> We have hierarchy in this fashion
>>> Server->Database->tables
>>>
>>> Now when we have to export a table, we click on export and we expect
>>> that there will
>>> be a CREATE TABLE statement and INSERT statement
>>>
>>> But when we have to export a server there are just CREATE TABLE
>>> statements and
>>> INSERT STATEMENTS.
>> You probably meant "when we have to export a database" ?
>>
> Oh, yeah, sorry, i meant Database, by mistake i wrote it as server.
at the database level.
>
>
>>> So, in case the user wants to export a DB named test and his target
>>> machine has no test.
>>> In this case he would like sql file to have CREATE DATABASE test
>>> followed by tables
>>>
>>> To achieve this he will have to go to :
>>>
>>> server level -> click on export->select custom->select test-> export->Go
>>>
>>> If we add one CREATE DATABASE IF NOT EXISTS at database export level,
>> then
>>> his steps would be
>>> Select test->export->Go
>>> From the user point of view, i guess, this will be much
>>> more preferred as it has less number
>>> of steps.
>> --
>> Marc Delisle
>> http://infomarc.info
--
Marc Delisle
http://infomarc.info
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