[Phpmyadmin-devel] RFE #982 : Support for editing binary fields in hexadecimal

[Chirayu Chiripal]

On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Isaac Bennetch <bennetch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry for the delay, I was offline most of yesterday.
>
> On 5/14/14 2:34 PM, Chirayu Chiripal wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Does this feature mean editing binary and blob fields should be done in
> > hexadecimals always?
>
> That's how I understand the feature request.
>
> In discussing this, we should make the distinction between the type
> BINARY and the binary _attribute_ (as in CHAR BINARY or VARCHAR BINARY).
>

I don't think binary attribute (CHAR binary or VARCHAR binary) has to do
anything with this feature.

>
> > And, even when table is browsed they should be shown in hexadecimal only?
>
> Yes, that makes the most sense to me.
>
> > If yes, then there is no need for this $cfg['DisplayBinaryAsHex']?
>
> As far as I know this is correct.
>
> > And for $cfg['ProtectBinary'], IMHO it should not be removed so that
> > users have and option to disable editing of binary fields to avoid
> > accidental changes to data (even though they can be edited in
> > hexadecimal form). Also, BLOB data can be very large and if we remove
> > this config. var. then whenever someone will try to edit row then every
> > time that BLOB field data will be displayed (which can be very very
> > large) will have performance issue as well as it can annoy the user.
>
> I agree with your assessment.
>
> > Feature Request Link :
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/phpmyadmin/feature-requests/982/
> >
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Chirayu Chiripal
> > phpMyAdmin Intern - Google Summer of Code 2014
> > https://chirayuchiripal.wordpress.com/
>
-- 
Regards,
Chirayu Chiripal
phpMyAdmin Intern - Google Summer of Code 2014
https://chirayuchiripal.wordpress.com/
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