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Bookmarks
This chapter covers one of the linked-tables features: query bookmarks. Being able
to label queries and recall them by label can be a real time saver. In Chapter 12,
we learned about the SQL history feature, which automatically stores queries
(temporarily or permanently).
Bookmarks are queries that are:
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Stored permanently
Viewable
Erasable
Related to one database
Recorded only as a consequence of a user's wish
Labelled
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 sub-page to manage bookmarks. Instead, the various
actions on bookmarks are available on specific pages such as results pages or query
box pages.
Creating a Bookmark after a Successful
Query
Initial bookmark creation is made possible by the
Bookmark this SQL-query
button.
This button appears only after execution of a query that generates results (when at
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