[architect-01]

I am finding the features in the HTML Desiger and Database explorer very limiting for example. MySQL InnoDB
* Cant modify a table schema after its created
* Get SQL syntax error if I try to create an auto increment primary key on MySQL table.
* Cant add data adhoc to a query

HTML Editor
* Cant move a HTML table around
* Cant WYSIWYG move lines in and HTML table once it is created

Other tools have these features. Its becoming more work for us as we are used to these features being standard in other tools. This is becoming counter productive.

Will you be enhancing the HTML Designer and DataBase Explorer in the future ??

[Riyad Kalla]

* Cant modify a table schema after its created

You cannot do it visually but you can of course execute the alter-table SQL to do it.

* Get SQL syntax error if I try to create an auto increment primary key on MySQL table.

Please give me an example.

* Cant add data adhoc to a query

I don’t understand this one. Please provide an example.

* Cant move a HTML table around

You mean DnD the entire table within a page?

* Cant WYSIWYG move lines in and HTML table once it is created

You can DnD cell contents around but you are correct, not entire lines.

Please tell me the alternative tools you are using to accomplish these tasks that you are using as your mode of comparison. It will give me a good reference point.

[architect-01]

Hi Riyad,
Thanks for breaking my concerns down.
* I tried to add an auto increment to a primary key in the table configuration for MySql 5.0 InnoDB. The sql myeclipse put out generated an error from MyEclipse when I tried to create the table.
* Web Editor by Namo and Dream weaver let you move line on a table. Everything today is a table layout. MyEclipse moves line around buy itself. It is very hard to be productive with it.
* Is there a flash some has using MyEclipse to layout HTML. Even if you do JSF, JSP there is still a layout for HTML that needs to be done.

[Riyad Kalla]

* I tried to add an auto increment to a primary key in the table configuration for MySql 5.0 InnoDB. The sql myeclipse put out generated an error from MyEclipse when I tried to create the table.

What was the exact SQL it generated? I’ll take that and give it back to our DB team to look into.

* Web Editor by Namo and Dream weaver let you move line on a table. Everything today is a table layout. MyEclipse moves line around buy itself. It is very hard to be productive with it.

Not really an apple-to-apple comparison. You are comparing two stand alone web-designing products, $100 and $400 respectively, to the web designer in a $30 product that is one part of a huge suite of functionality. If you really need the ultimate power of the ideal visual HTML designer, you may be best suited supplementing your development environment with a stand alone commercial HTML designer as you mentioned.

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