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207 votes
Provide better way to detect and fix invalid table data.
We have some ideas on this, but would welcome any ideas or comments on what kind of functionality and utilties you would like to see.
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173 votes
Ability to pack a table while in use
Status: startedDesign is almost complete, implementation starts soon! :)
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96 votes
ALTER TABLE on live dataset, no exclusive required
I'd like to be able to do an alter table on a live data set. No exclusive access for ALTER TABLE.
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68 votes
Updateobject for TADSQuery
I would like to have a UpdateObject for a Query, so I can define the sql for update/Insert for a TADSQuery. this would avoid to make such things with Triggers
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64 votes
Same Syntax for AOF and SQL-Where (LIKE, IN, ...)
It would be fine when the AOF (of a TADSTable) could have the same Syntax like the SQL-Where-Part of a TADSQuery.
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57 votes
Configuration option for ADS to use more system resources
Typically ADS will not consume too much of the system resources so as to allow other processes on the system enough resources to run properly. However, if the system was dedicated to ADS, it would be nice to configure ADS to be more selfish with resources to improve performance.
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47 votes
Avoid changed data immediately resorted by 'ORDER BY'
When an 'ORDER BY' clause exists, this sort order should remain until a new query is posted. Edited data should not be resorted immediately after posting a record - this behaviour interferes manual record changing (e.g. when copying a field value to the next record in the query result set). … more
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45 votes
Make last statement in stored procedure be the result
Make last statement in stored proc be the result, no need to populate output table.
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38 votes
TDataSet descendant dynamically load ace
This would allow for an executable to be deployed that uses the TDataSet Descendant components but that does not requiring the ACE DLLs. Usefull if exe is supporting multiple databases.
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37 votes
command-line client like unixODBC isql (Linux, Windows)
Details (e.g., username, password, connection string) should be command-line parameters while SQL statements should come from stdin. That way I could either use it with a command-line prompt or redirect into it from .sql text files with scripts.
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36 votes
MySQL style dump scripts as a server side backup option
The ability to generate a SQL dump of the entire database (minus blobs etc) from the server would be an excellent backup option.
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35 votes
Built in lookup fields for tables
Built in lookup fields for tables. User specifies source table, key field, etc. A writable dataset, but ignore updates to the lookup fields. Or some mechanism to make static cursors live in more situations, where we can make better decisions and try to resolve user record updates automatically.
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31 votes
Add more information to ADS error messages!
Most ADS error messages dealing with table problems (7000 series) do not include much information. Would be nice to have other data included such as table name, record number, field name, etc, depending on the type of error.
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29 votes
Enum Field type
Many databases support an enumerated field type. It would be useful to be able to assign an Enumerated value, instead of storing numbers that translate to the selections.
i.e.
CREATE TABLE Info (
Relationship ENUM('self', 'spouse', 'guardian', 'other')
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28 votes
Automatically fix differences between table struct and dd
On DBF table open, check table structure vs data dictionary structure definition and adjust dictionary definition if different.
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27 votes
Ability to manually update the progress callback
When processing data in a stored procedure or script using a while loop in order to report the real progress of the actual script instead of getting progress on each query execution. See example below.
DECLARE Query cursor;
OPEN Query as select * from SYSTEM.TABLES; WHILE FETCH Query DO
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27 votes
OS Username Scalar Function
Would be useful to have a scalar function that returns the OS user login name, rather than the dictionary user name which is what USER() returns for dictionary connections. Perhaps add an option to the USER() scalar to alter its behavior in this way.
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26 votes
Add PDO Support (PHP-Data-Objects)
normal PHP driver are "ads_....()" funktions.
To generate portable PHP5 programs it's much better to use PHP data objects (PDO)
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24 votes
Add Database Monitor Email Alerts
My request would be to provide the same functionality that SQL Anywhere is working in beta right now...
The ability to send email alerts warning of Bad Things Happening to your "SQL Anywhere" database server is the release-defining feature of the new SQL Anywhere Server Monitor now available in beta.
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