Duplicate record (cmd-D) should work with multiple rows
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Description
Duplicate record only work with a single row, but it would even more useful if it worked on multiple records.
I just had to duplicate a bunch of records by hand and copy and pasting the rows had, doesn't leave the the primary key column empty like duplicate does ...
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Research direction
Start by reproducing issue #411 with multiple selected rows and the cmd-D duplicate-record action. Trace the existing single-row duplicate entry point, then verify that duplicating multiple records leaves each primary key empty and preserves the other row values.
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Assessment
- Domain
- databases, desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100