Re: pgAdmin III 1.8.0

[Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>]

Erwin Brandstetter wrote:
> Hi Mike!
> 
> On Oct 29, 5:30 pm, Mike(dot)Blackw(dot)(dot)(dot)(at)rrd(dot)com wrote:
>> A small annoyance:  Newlines in table field comments appear to be stripped
>> when the table is displayed in the Object Browser table list (upper right
>> window).  This makes multiline comments difficult to read.  It'd be nice
>> if the newline were replaced with a space instead.
>>
>> No rush on my part - just a wish list item.  ^_^
> 
> Helpful bug reports are always welcome!
> Please try to include essential information, though
> - version of pgAdmin you are using
> - your operating system
> ...
> You can find more information here: http://pgadmin.org/support/list.php
> 
> I can confirm your report for pgAdmin 1.8 on Win XP with pg 8.2 on
> debian etch.
> With the "Columns" collection selected, the full comment for each
> column is displayed in the properties pan, newlines just stripped. I
> suppose we either truncate after the first newline and append dots,
> like we do in other places, or convert newlines to spaces like Mike
> suggested.

Yeah, we use a function called firstLineOnly() to get the first line
with dots if required. That's the most appropriate solution which I've
applied for 1.8.1.

Thanks, Dave