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Bookmarks
This chapter covers query bookmarks—one of the features of the linked-tables
infrastructure. Being able to label queries, and recall them by label, can be a real time
saver. Bookmarks are queries that are:
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Stored permanently
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Viewable
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Erasable
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Related to one database
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Recorded only as a consequence of a user's wish
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Labeled
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Private by default (only available to the user creating them), but
possibly public
A bookmark can also have a variable part, as explained in the
Passing a parameter
value to a bookmark
section later in this chapter.
There is no bookmark subpage to manage bookmarks. Instead, the various
actions on bookmarks are available on specific pages, such as results pages or query
box pages.
Comparing bookmark and query
history features
In Chapter 12, we learned about the SQL history feature, which automatically stores
queries (temporarily or permanently). There are similarities between queries stored
in the history and bookmarks. After all, both features are intended to store queries
for later execution. However, there are important differences, regarding the way they
are stored and the action that triggers the recording of a query.
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