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Editing Data in Grid Overview

When dbForge Studio for MySQL executes any statement returning a result set, the retrieved data is displayed in the Data Editor of the data view of the same SQL document or the Object Viewer. This topic shows how to edit the data in grid; for information about customizing data grid, as well as sorting, grouping and filtering, visit Viewing Data in Grid topic.

To edit data:

1. In the Data Editor, available in the data view of an SQL document, click a cell you want to edit.

2. After editing, confirm the changes by pressing the End Edit button under the grid or selecting the End Edit option from the shortcut menu.

Tip: To discard changes, press the Cancel Edit button or select the Cancel Edit option from the shortcut menu.

In dbForge Studio for MySQL, you can also edit data right after retrieving it from a table or in the data view after any query was executed.

To retrieve data, select Select All Rows on the shortcut menu of the table in Database Explorer. To make received data editable, you can also choose the table name from the Table drop-down list on the toolbar, or leave it read-only by selecting (read-only).

If you choose the read-only mode, you will gain in the performance aspect, as the application will work faster in this mode.

To edit data in join query results, you should set the table you want to edit data from to the editable mode, as described above. After you set one table as editable, the data of other tables included into the result will become light-gray.

Note

When you change the mode of any table from read-only to editable or vice versa, a balloon with the corresponding message is shown on the status bar.

Note

To view values of CHAR and VARCHAR fields you should take into account the following points:

1. If length >= 200 is stated in the column type, buttons will be shown in the grid. Click these buttons, and the editor will be shown in a separate window.
2. If there are more than 4000 symbols in a cell, data can not be edited directly in the cell. To edit data in such cells, you should click the […] button.

To insert, delete, copy and paste data:

Use the shortcut menu or the corresponding buttons under the grid. For example, you can do the following:

• To insert NULL (instead of empty string), right-click Set Value To, and then select Null on the shortcut menu. You can also use the CTRL+0 key combination.

Tip: Use Set Value To menu to quickly set an empty string, zero, or a current date.

To insert SET and ENUM data, dbForge Studio offers convenient editors. Click a field of ENUM data type and select a required value from the drop-down list.

Click a field of SET data type and tick off a required value (or values) in the drop-down editor.

• To add a new record, select the Append option from the shortcut menu or click the Append button under the grid. To delete a record from the grid, select the Delete option on the shortcut menu or click the - button under the grid or press CTRL+DEL keys.
• To copy and paste cell values, use the corresponding options on the shortcut menu.

To select data:

You can easily select and copy the data just like cells in a spreadsheet. Do either of these actions:

• Move the mouse pointer across the grid holding the left mouse button
• Click the first cell of the data range, press SHIFT, and, holding the SHIFT key, click the last cell. A rectangular range of cells will be selected.

Tip: Using the CTRL key, you may include and exclude cells to selection. Any number of rows may be copied and pasted to some other application, for example, a spreadsheet, but when you paste data in data grid, only the first row will be pasted.

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Actual document look may slightly vary from the above image depending on the product you use.

Row and cell indicators

When working with grid, you can see special indicators near to the focused cell. These indicators reflect current editing state.

The row is focused.

The row is being edited.

The row has been edited.

Incorrect value was entered into a cell. You must either fix the value or press the ESCAPE key to cancel changes made to the cell.

Warning: Unique key is missing

After you run a SELECT query against a database without specifying a WHERE clause or your statement lacks unique keys that explicitly identify the entry in the table, when you try to edit table data output in Data Editor, you will see Unique key is missing warning.

Note

The warning appears only in Editing mode.

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