jakob / jakob/Postico

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

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