[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 140298] New: Improve UX for SQL dialog

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=140298

            Bug ID: 140298
           Summary: Improve UX for SQL dialog
           Product: LibreOffice
           Version: 7.0.0.3 release
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: Base
          Assignee: libreoffice-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
          Reporter: michael at vonglasow.com

Description:
Tools > SQL opens a dialog from which ad-hoc SQL statements can be submitted.
As someone who uses Base as a tool for quick ad-hoc data massaging, this is
among my most frequently used tools; however, I feel UX could be improved in a
few ways:

* Don’t make it a modal dialog. There’s really no need why I should not be able
to do anything in the main window while this dialog is open. In fact, I would
recommend making this not only a non-model dialog but a side pane, similar to
the Document Navigator or Styles and Formatting in other LO apps.
* Save the list of previous commands at least for the entire session (i.e. do
not clear it when the dialog is closed and reopened), maybe even across
sessions.
* For select statements, display the number of rows returned (maybe even if
“show output of SELECT statements” is unchecked)

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Expected Results:
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Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No



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