Re: Graph- how to use?

Robert Manning wrote:
> On 11/14/06, Gerd Wagner <birgit-und-gerd@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> You are absolutely right. I would even try to use the refactoring 
>> Plugin from
>> within a Graph. Some time ago I introduced a mechanism that allows 
>> Plugins to
>> communicate with each other. I did that to use the Scrips Plugin from 
>> within the
>> Graph Plugin.
>>
>> One suggestion for the Refactoring Plugin: Could you allow to generate 
>> DDL
>> Scripts in the SQL Editor?
> 
> Absolutely.  I was thinking maybe a configuration (or button in
> addition to the 'Show SQL') that would copy the refactoring SQL to the
> editor and possibly execute it.  At the moment, you can copy the SQL
> from the dialog (ErrorDialog was probably a poor choice, I know) and
> paste it into the SQL Edit tab.  But I think it would be better to
> give that option directly.  It might have some overlap with the
> SQLScripts plugin at some point.  I was also thinking that the SQL
> Scripts plugin can benefit from dialects for creating table scripts by
> prompting the user to pick a target dialect to write the table script
> in.
@Leo Sorry for some more "Geek" stuff. But your questions led us to some 
technical aspects that may be important.

@Rob I see the overlap too and just want to encourage you to feel free to move 
things around to avoid duplicated code. You may freely move things from or to 
the Refactoring Plugin, Script Plugin, core. I haven't got a clear idea what 
would be best. Just  try out what feels best. Maybe even the existing 
dependency 
between the Graph and the Scripts Plugin could be removed.


> 
> Once the refactoring plugin is reasonably complete (say in 20 years :)
> and if no one else has implemented this in open source, the next
> plugin that would be really nice to have is the database diff plugin.
> For now you can simulate it by creating table scripts then diffing
> them as regular files.  It sure would be nice to combine the diff and
> refactoring capabilities.
> So many ideas, so little time...
Surely better than the other way around. Just do what's most fun at the moment 
and never hurry. Colin once said "SQuirreL is just a hobby." It's always 
important to keep that in mind. :-)

Gerd

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