one suggestion

[whulee]

Hello,
I think pl/sql developer is a very useful tool and thank you for your effort.

I suggest that you may add a function to the tool as follow:

I wish that it can create different versions of backup in a relative backup directory whenever I save the edited file,and save with relative file names,such as ***.sql~1~,***.sql~2~,etc,so that I can compare different versions of backup instead that I have only the last version of backup.

It may be included in the backup options of the tool.

Thank you!

 

[Marco Kalter]

I have added this to the list of enhancement requests.

 

[ScottMattes]

Wouldn't this be what a version control system would be for?

What free VCS are others using?

 

[whulee]

The function may differ from that of VCS,we must do "check in" action frequently in VCS to create ervery version of the file,and it's so boring.

 

[whulee]

To Scott Mattes:
I wish I can receive a mail from you when new version of the product comes out,thank you!

 

[Claus Pedersen]

We are using CVS and as Windows client Tortoise CVS. That works extremely well for us. We have incorporated the CVS handling into our configuration control system (which customer have which version of which file)

The drawbacks of CVS compared to newer programs is that is has no support of changes to directories and operates at one file at a time; if you check in 3 files, and the last file fails, the first two files are still checked in. Sometimes you would find the approach "all or none" more usefull, a little like a tranction in Oracle; if one statement fails, all is rolled back.

 

[mike]

Whulee - Just go into your preferences and set up your "Updates & News" preference to tell you when a new version comes out. That way Scott can save some stamps.

My opinion is that I don't consider this request to be fulfilled by a version control system. Personally, I check in programs that are working and I consider this more of a safety net for the work in progress.

Like if I make lots of changes throughout the day and realize that around lunchtime, it would have been better if I had it the way it was around the morning break.

If this is implemented, it would be nice to automatically delete files after they are a certain age.

Mike

 

[ScottMattes]

Whulee: I don't work for All Around Automations, Marco does.

mike: maybe a macro would help? Once the file has been saved the first time (i.e. so that it exists), you record a macro to do a File / Save-As and in the filename entry area hit End and "-a". Save the macro and assign it to the Save key. Each version will have the date/time of the save, but you'll have to delete old versions yourself.

 

[whulee]

I have got it ,thank you all!

 

[CTzen]

Originally posted by ScottMattes:
I don't work for All Around Automations, Marco does.

you don't work for AAA? ... well that's news for me

 

[ScottMattes]

Or, an AutoHotKey macro would to a more sophisticated marco.

 

[whulee]

I can not see this feature in the new version yet?