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Update the module documentation regarding the recent changes - driver registrations, adaptors removal. Patrick, ignore this task for now. I will check what needs to be changed and let you know.
*** Issue 38381 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
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Also "Testing a New Driver" is probably obsolete and maybe other parts. Raising priority because it has to be done before release.
New way how to work with the JDBC drivers was implemented for release 3.6. Regarding this change the following help files should be modified. The UI spec is available at: http://db.netbeans.org/uispecs/db_jdbc_driver_manager.html If you have any questions feel free to ask me. I can give you a short overview if you want. Thanks, Radko testdriver.html - remove this file. "Test driver" action doesn't exist anymore. Remove reference to this help page from adddriver.html. connusupp.html - remove this file. "Unsupported database" dialog is no more used in NB 3.6 release. Remove also references to this file from adddriver.html, connectdb.html. dbadapt.html - remove this file. Adaptors are not used anymore. Remove reference from adddriver.html. adddriver.html: - delete sentence: "After you add a driver, you can test the driver to ensure that it is compatible with the Database Explorer." - delete "or a specific driver under the Drivers node" from step 2. - modify steps 3-5 regarding the Add JDBC Driver chapter in the UI spec (http://db.netbeans.org/uispecs/db_jdbc_driver_manager.html#adddriver). The user must specify driver jar/zip file location and driver class. connectdb.html - delete "In the contextual menu for Databases or for any existing connection, choose Add Connection" in step 1. The user can connect only using "Connect Using" action on driver node now. dbexpovew.html - delete sentence "Provide values for an adaptor class". Adaptors are not used anymore in 3.6 release.
implemented changes suggested by Radko. If I have time, I'll try to do a more thorough update of the docs for 3.6, but no guarantees. Radko, could you check to make sure the changes I made are accurate? Thanks.
Patrick, thanks for your changes. A few comments: adddriver.html: 3. ...... Once you chose a valid archive file, the Driver Class and the Name fields should be filled by IDE. 4. If the Driver Class field is empty or incorrect, provide the fully qualified driver class name. ..... viewdata.html - replace "A dialog box" by "A window" dbmod.html - replace "Execute" by "Execute Command" (only first occurence) - replace "A dialog box" by "A window"
I agree with Jirka's comments. Please delete also the closing parenthesis from the first sentence "Explorer)." in adddriver.html. Maybe it would be good to say in misc.html, step 1, that Database Explorer node is placed under IDE Configuration -> Server and External Tool Settings in Options window. The same for dbconfig.html and manipsql.html.
Thanks for edits, Jirko. I just integrated them. For now, I'll consider this task closed. If anything else needs to be done, please let me know
Verified in build 20040128-0453. I also fixed a few typos and one broken link. These changes don't need language review.