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currently, if you create an SQL connection it is added with a concatenation of the JDBC URL, the user, and schema as its name. the problem is that often these names wind up quite long. so if you have more than one database from a similar source (which also happens often) you can't tell which connection is which unless you scroll all the way to the right. it's also annoying that space is wasted on a horizontal scrollbar just because the names are so long. but the big problem is that since the 'connection' drop down list in the SQL editor truncates the connection name if it's too long to display, you can't tell which connection you're running the SQL commands against. hence, this IMO is a defect and not an enhancement because of the usability issue. providing the ability for users to name/rename the SQL connection would solve all of these problems and makes for a much more pleasant experience.
Reassigning to "db"...
The tooltip of the connection combo box shows the full name of the connection. I guess this makes the issue an enhancement more than a defect. But the change is doable.
yup, you're right.
*** Issue 119667 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
See also issue 119667 desc2.
This issue is still valid for Netbeans 6.5. Please consider implementing this small enhancement for the next version 7.0. If you have an Oracle RAC database, connection URL can be quite long, and tooltip doesn't help anymore much.
Yes, we should fix this. We pay attention to votes so that helps. I think it's an appearance/usability issue too, particularly for non-Java users.
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of 144112 ***