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.. _query_tool_toolbar:
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`Query Tool Toolbar`:index:
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The *Query Tool* toolbar uses context-sensitive icons that provide shortcuts to
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frequently performed tasks. If an icon is highlighted, the option is enabled;
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if the icon is grayed-out, the task is disabled.
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.. note:: The :ref:`Query Tool <query_tool>` and
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:ref:`View/Edit Data <editgrid>` tools are actually different operating
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modes of the same tool. Some controls will be disabled in either mode.
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.. image:: images/query_toolbar.png
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:alt: Query tool toolbar
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:align: center
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Hover over an icon in pgAdmin to display a tooltip that describes the icon's
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functionality.
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File Options
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| Icon | Behavior | Shortcut |
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| *Open File* | Click the *Open File* icon to display a previously saved query in the SQL Editor. | Accesskey + O |
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| *Save File* | Click the *Save* icon to perform a quick-save of a previously saved query, or to access the | Accesskey + S |
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| | *Save* menu: | |
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| | * Select *Save* to save the selected content of the SQL Editor panel in a file. | |
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| | * Select *Save As* to open a new browser dialog and specify a new location to which to save the | |
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| | selected content of the SQL Editor panel. | |
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Filter/Limit Options
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| Icon | Behavior | Shortcut |
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| *Filter* | Click the *Filter* icon to set filtering and sorting criteria for the data when in *View/Edit data| Accesskey + F |
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| | mode*. Click the down arrow to access other filtering and sorting options: | |
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| | * In the *SQL Filter*, you can enter a SQL query as filtering criteria. | |
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| | In *Data Sorting*, you can select the column and specify the order for sorting. | |
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| | * Click *Filter by Selection* to show only the rows containing the values in the selected cells. | |
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| | * Click *Exclude by Selection* to show only the rows that do not contain the values in the | |
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| | * Click *Remove Sort/Filter* to remove any previously selected sort or filtering options. | |
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| Limit Selector | Select a value in the *Limit Selector* to limit the size of the dataset to a number of rows. | Accesskey + R |
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Query Editing Options
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.. image:: images/query_editing.png
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:alt: Query tool editing options
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:align: center
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.. table::
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| *Edit* | Use the *Edit* menu to search, replace, or navigate the code displayed in the SQL Editor: | |
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| | Select *Find* to provide a search target, and search the SQL Editor contents. | Cmd+F |
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| | Select *Replace* to locate and replace (with prompting) individual occurrences of the target. | Option+Cmd+F (MAC) |
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| | Select *Jump* to navigate to the next occurrence of the search target. | Alt+G |
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| | Select *Indent Selection* to indent the currently selected text. | Tab |
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| | Select *Unindent Selection* to remove indentation from the currently selected text. | Shift+Tab |
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| | Select *Toggle Comment* to comment/uncomment any lines that contain the selection in SQL style. | Cmd+/ |
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| | Select *Clear Query* to clear the query editor window. | Cmd+. |
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| | Select *Format SQL* to format the selected SQL or all the SQL if none is selected | Shift+Cmd+K |
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Query Execution
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.. image:: images/query_execution.png
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:alt: Query tool execute options
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:align: center
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| Icon | Behavior | Shortcut |
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| *Stop* | Click the *Stop* icon to cancel the execution of the currently running query. | Accesskey + Q |
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| *Execute/Refresh* | Click the *Execute/Refresh* icon to either execute or refresh the query highlighted in the SQL | F5 |
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| | * Add a check next to *Auto rollback on error?* to instruct the server to automatically roll back| |
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| | a transaction if an error occurs during the transaction. | |
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| | * Add a check next to *Auto commit?* to instruct the server to automatically commit each | |
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| | transaction. Any changes made by the transaction will be visible to others, and | |
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| | durable in the event of a crash. | |
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| *Explain* | Click the *Explain* icon to view an explanation plan for the current query. The result of the | F7 |
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| | EXPLAIN is displayed graphically on the *Explain* tab of the output panel, and in text | |
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| *Explain analyze* | Click the *Explain analyze* icon to invoke an EXPLAIN ANALYZE command on the current query. | Shift+F7 |
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| | Navigate through the *Explain Options* menu to select options for the EXPLAIN command: | |
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| | * Select *Verbose* to display additional information regarding the query plan. | |
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| | * Select *Costs* to include information on the estimated startup and total cost of each | |
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| | plan node, as well as the estimated number of rows and the estimated width of each | |
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| | * Select *Buffers* to include information on buffer usage. | |
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| | * Select *Timing* to include information about the startup time and the amount of time | |
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| | spent in each node of the query. | |
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| | * Select *Summary* to include the summary information about the query plan. | |
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| | * Select *Settings* to include the information on the configuration parameters. | |
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| | * Select *Wal* to include the information on WAL record generation. | |
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| *Commit* | Click the *Commit* icon to commit the transaction. | Shift+CTRL+M |
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| *Rollback* | Click the *Rollback* icon to rollback the transaction. | Shift+CTRL+R |
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| *Macros* | Click the *Macros* icon to manage the macros. You can create, edit or clear the macros through | |
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Data Editing Options
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.. image:: images/query_data_editing.png
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:alt: Query tool data editing options
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:align: center
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| *Add row* | Click the *Add row* icon to add a new row | |
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| *Copy* | Click the *Copy* icon to copy the content with or without header: | Accesskey + C |
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| | * Click the *Copy* icon to copy the content that is currently highlighted in the Data Output | |
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| | * Click *Copy with headers* to copy the highlighted content along with the header. | |
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| *Paste* | Click the *Paste* icon to paste a previously copied row with or without serial/identity values: | Accesskey + P |
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| | * Click the *Paste with SERIAL/IDENTITY values?* if you want to paste the copied column values | |
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| *Delete* | Click the *Delete* icon to mark the selected rows for deletion. These marked rows get deleted | Accesskey + D |
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| *Save Data Changes* | Click the *Save Data Changes* icon to save data changes (insert, update, or delete) in the Data | F6 |
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| *Save results to* | Click the Save results to file icon to save the result set of the current query as a delimited | F8 |
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| *file* | text file (CSV, if the field separator is set to a comma). This button will only be enabled when | |
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| | a query has been executed and there are results in the data grid. You can specify the CSV/TXT | |
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| Graph Visualiser | Use the Graph Visualiser button to generate graphs of the query results. | |
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Status Bar
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.. image:: images/query_status_bar.png
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:alt: Query tool status bar
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:align: center
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The status bar shows the following information:
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* **Total rows**: The total number of rows returned by the query.
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* **Query complete**: The time is taken by the query to complete.
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* **Rows selected**: The number of rows selected in the data output panel.
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* **Changes staged**: This information showed the number of rows added, deleted, and updated.
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* **Ln**: In the Query tab, it is the line number at which the cursor is positioned.
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* **Col**: In the Query tab, it is the column number at which the cursor is positioned
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