Version: 1.1.2 (KOffice 1.6.2) (using KDE 3.5.6, Gentoo) Compiler: Target: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.21-rc7 Sorry for severity description if no one agrees that this applies, but I think it does so I am filing this as a bug because it's a major interface flaw. The shift and control keys can apparently not be used in design view for a table to select multiple fields to set a primary key. And honestly, I couldn't figure out how to do this from a search of google/etc. either so I'm confused as to even how I can do this at all in Kexi. This is not a good situation to have a basic feature such as multiple-field primary keys require extensive research to perform (I still don't know how to do this). Almost every table I use at work requires this feature. We use access/microsoft software, but if Linux/KDE/etc. is ever to overcome barriers it will require that useability requirements are as high as possible.
Thanks for reporting. Changed severity to a wish. Multi-column PKs are planned for Kexi 2.x where x is probably > than 0. Until then, there will be additional (read: more complex, affecting many parts of the application) GUI tab for advanced users, for defining complex indices, and in particular, primary keys. While I value feedback from advanced users, so far a need for multicolumn PKs was not #1 requirement (comparing to other requirements); if you badly demand this, consider supporting the project (there are many ways). Please feel free to report more wishes - all of them are kept carefully in this bugsystem. Regarding "figuring out how to do this" -- all the features are presented in the Kexi dev. wiki [1], and most features are described in the docs as well. [1] http://www.kexi-project.org/wiki/wikiview
That'll work for me. Thanks for the response. This wasn't a request I had regarding something I needed, but I do think if others are to want to use Kexi instead of alternatives like Microsoft Access (what I use at my job) this feature will be needed. Since it's a planned addition in the future it's good to hear it'll be resolved down the line. I wish that I were in a position to do some kind of help here but I thought this feature important enough to bring up since I didn't see another open bug for it. I'm not a programmer but I have made a donation to kde in general in the past, and plan to do so again. If I find other ways to help that I can do I'll be sure to do so. Thanks for the link to the resources. I wasn't able to find out how in the kde help center kexi page (maybe didn't look long enough or in the right places) Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: [bugs.kde.org quoted mail]
OK, great. If Kexi manual is packaged in your distibution, it's available available online at http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/koffice/ More info: http://kexi-project.org/support.html
More description added for wish https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=277435. Closing this report as a duplicate. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 277435 ***