[Phpmyadmin-devel] Zoom Search

[Ammar Yasir]

On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Marc Delisle <marc at 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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> Marc Delisle
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