[Phpmyadmin-devel] Remembering sorting order

[Marc Delisle]

Le 2014-02-02 10:47, Madhura Jayaratne a écrit :
> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 6:46 PM, Marc Delisle <marc at infomarc.info> wrote:
> 
>> Le 2014-02-02 06:11, Madhura Jayaratne a écrit :
>>> Hi devs,
>>>
>>> We currently have a feature to remember the sorting order of a table. It
>>> was implemented in such a way that remembered sorting would be applied
>>> both when the user is browsing the table as well as executing a select
>>> statement on the table without specifying some other sorting order.
>>>
>>> However it is unclear whether this is the expected behavior from the
>>> discussion at [1]. So I would like to know your opinion on whether we
>>> should keep the current behavior or should the remembered sorting order
>>> be applied only when browsing. My personal opinion is, it should be
>>> limited to just browsing.
>>>
>>> If we decide to change the behavior, should it go to next major release
>>> or next bug fix release?
>>>
>>> [1] http://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/bugs/4245/?page=1
>>>
>>> --
>>> Thanks and Regards,
>>>
>>> Madhura Jayaratne
>>
>> Well, the feature is called "Remember table sorting" and does not
>> specify for how long to remember. I can see good arguments for both
>> sides of the interpretation.
>>
>> Even when entering manually a SELECT, the interpretation of wanting the
>> last order can be defendable (for some users).
>>
> 
> True. But as of now the sorting order is added even when the query is
> different, for example when the manually entered query has a where clause.
> Not sure whether that is desirable.

Again I can see good arguments for both sides.

> 
>>
>> Maybe what we need is this: when using a remembered sort order, display
>> also a link that would make phpMyAdmin forget the sort order.
>>
>>
>> +1
> 



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