Emacs DBI
This program connects the database server through Perl's DBI, and provides DB-accessing API and the simple management UI.
Installation:
Package installation
If you use package.el with Marmalade (http://marmalade-repo.org/), you just select the package 'edbi' and install it.
Next, you install the perl module `RPC::EPC::Service' with CPAN.
Example:
$ cpan RPC::EPC::Service
Manual installation
This program depends on following programs:
- deferred.el, concurrent.el / https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-deferred
- epc.el / https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-epc
- ctable.el / https://github.com/kiwanami/emacs-ctable
- Perl/CPAN
- RPC::EPC::Service (and some dependent modules)
- DBI and drivers, DBD::Sqlite, DBD::Pg, DBD::mysql
Place this program (edbi.el and edbi-bridge.pl) in your load path and add following code.
(require 'edbi)Usage:
M-x `edbi:open-db-viewer' opens a dialog for DB connection.
- Data Source : URI string for DBI::connect (Ex. dbi:SQLite:dbname=/path/db.sqlite )
- User Name, Auth : user name and password for DBI::connect
- History button : you can choose a data source from your connection history.
- OK button : connect DB and open the database view
Database view
This buffer enumerates tables and views.
Check the key-bind `edbi:dbview-keymap'.
- j,k, n,p : navigation for rows
- c : switch to query editor buffer
- RET : show table data
- SPC : show table definition
- q : quit and disconnect
Table definition view
This buffer shows the table definition information.
Check the key-bind `edbi:dbview-table-keymap'.
- j,k, n,p : navigation for rows
- c : switch to query editor buffer
- V : show table data
- q : kill buffer
Query editor
You can edit SQL in this buffer, which supports SQL syntax highlight and auto completion by auto-complete.el.
Check the key-bind `edbi:sql-mode-map'.
- C-c C-c : Execute SQL
- C-c q : kill buffer
- M-p : SQL history back
- M-n : SQL history forward
Query result viewer
You can browser the results for executed SQL.
Check the key-bind `edbi:dbview-query-result-keymap'.
- j,k, n,p : navigation for rows
- SPC : display the whole data at the current cell. (hitting the SPC again, it clears the popup.)
- q : kill buffer
Navigation summary
E2WM perspective
Here is an example setup to open EDBI perspective with Super-d.
(autoload 'e2wm:dp-edbi "e2wm-edbi" nil t)
(global-set-key (kbd "s-d") 'e2wm:dp-edbi)(C) 2012 SAKURAI Masashi All rights reserved. m.sakurai at kiwanami.net