Fixes #35767 to allow for view creation into specified schema from [ Create a view ] in DBManager #58976
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| if '.' in user_input: # To allow view creation into specified schema | ||
| schema, view_name = user_input.split('.') | ||
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId([schema, view_name]), query) | ||
| else: # No schema specified; uses public | ||
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId(view), query) |
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This should probably be hardened a little -- eg if the view name was entered badly with two periods, then we'll get a raw python exception here. How about:
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| user_input = view | |
| if '.' in user_input: # To allow view creation into specified schema | |
| schema, view_name = user_input.split('.') | |
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId([schema, view_name]), query) | |
| else: # No schema specified; uses public | |
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId(view), query) | |
| view_name_parts = view.split('.') | |
| if len(view_name_parts) == 2: # To allow view creation into specified schema | |
| schema, view_name = view_name_parts | |
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId([schema, view_name]), query) | |
| else: # No specific schema specified | |
| sql = "CREATE VIEW %s AS %s" % (self.quoteId(view), query) |
I've updated the code as recommended and added an error message should there there be too many periods. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Fixes #35767 to allow for view creation into specified schema from [ Create a view ] in DBManager
Description
Currently, using [ Create a view ] from DBManager for postgres automatically loads the view into the public schema named the entire string. It is reasonable for the user to assume that specifying the schema name as schema.view will create the view into the schema specified. Instead, it's creates a view called schema.view in the public schema. This is generally warned against.
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In order to meet users' expectations, allowed for testing if the string has a "." in the name and to separate the string into two parts to feed into the quoteId which is already set up to accept schema and viewname as a list to process appropriately.
Recommended documentation:
"The Create a View button opens a dialog where you can enter the name for the new view. By default, the view is created in the public schema of the PostgreSQL database. However, you can specify a different schema by using the schema.viewname naming convention."
Backporting is recommended to meet user expectations.
Fixes #35767 to allow for view creation into specified schema from [ Create a view ] in DBManager