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.. _bookmarks: Bookmarks ========= .. note:: You need to have configured the :ref:`linked-tables` for using bookmarks feature. Storing bookmarks ----------------- Any query you have executed can be stored as a bookmark on the page where the results are displayed. You will find a button labeled :guilabel:`Bookmark this query` just at the end of the page. As soon as you have stored a bookmark, it is related to the database you run the query on. You can now access a bookmark dropdown on each page, the query box appears on for that database. Variables inside bookmarks -------------------------- You can also have, inside the query, placeholders for variables. This is done by inserting into the query SQL comments between ``/*`` and ``*/``. Inside the comments, the special strings ``[VARIABLE{variable-number}]`` is used. Be aware that the whole query minus the SQL comments must be valid by itself, otherwise you won't be able to store it as a bookmark. Note also that the text 'VARIABLE' is case-sensitive. When you execute the bookmark, everything typed into the *Variables* input boxes on the query box page will replace the strings ``/*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/`` in your stored query. Also remember, that everything else inside the ``/*[VARIABLE{variable-number}]*/`` string for your query will remain the way it is, but will be stripped of the ``/**/`` chars. So you can use: .. code-block:: mysql /*, [VARIABLE1] AS myname */ which will be expanded to .. code-block:: mysql , VARIABLE1 as myname in your query, where VARIABLE1 is the string you entered in the Variable 1 input box. A more complex example. Say you have stored this query: .. code-block:: mysql SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 /* AND Name LIKE '%[VARIABLE1]%' */ Say, you now enter "phpMyAdmin" as the variable for the stored query, the full query will be: .. code-block:: mysql SELECT Name, Address FROM addresses WHERE 1 AND Name LIKE '%phpMyAdmin%' **NOTE THE ABSENCE OF SPACES** inside the ``/**/`` construct. Any spaces inserted there will be later also inserted as spaces in your query and may lead to unexpected results especially when using the variable expansion inside of a "LIKE ''" expression. Browsing table using bookmark ----------------------------- When bookmark is named same as table, it will be used as query when browsing this table. .. seealso:: :ref:`faqbookmark`, :ref:`faq6_22`