On 07/06/2011, at 22:38, Guillaume Lelarge wrote: > > What does the query tool tell you when you execute your query? nothing > like "Do you want to attempt to reconnect to the database?"?
I run the query, and I get this: server closed the connection unexpectedly This probably means the server terminated abnormally before or while processing the request. When I try to run it again, I get no connection to the server > >> - So I close the windows, go to the main window and refresh the database. It >> asks me whether I want it to reconnect. >> - I say yes, it reconnects - but when I try to open the table edit window >> again, PgAdmin crashes. >> >> So I have to restart PgAdmin and set everything up from scratch. >> > > Dont know what happens but it shouldn't crash. > > You should probably describe your issue with more details. What details were missing from my description? I gave a step-by-step description of what I did. > >> By the way, it was discussed in the past that column width setups in the >> table window should be saved somewhere - at least for the last table edited. >> They are not saved and so I need to start adjusting the columns over again >> every time the above scenario happens. I suppose if re-connecting from the >> edit tool was possible, this would be a moot point. >> > > As already said, only the query tool (not the edit tool) has this > feature. Is there a reason why to support it only in the query tool? I think all tools should have the ability to recover from server disconnections, especially since they require fine tuning again and again. Herouth