7. Multithreaded UI (Revision #34)

Within an Enterprise there are demands to perform multiple tasks on a variety of databases at the same time. It's essential that each task not hold up the others. A single database connection error or complex query could halt an entire workflow. To prevent this from happening we've redesigned the application to implement a multithreaded architecture, making many behaviors asynchronous with the User Interface (UI).

How do I avoid one faulty server connection pausing all of my work?

Multithreaded Architecture: Each server connection gets its own thread.

Certain processes within an application are “blocking”, which means the entire execution of the application is halted until a blocking process completes its tasks. Processes such as opening a faulty server connection or performing a complex query, previously delayed interaction with the rest of the application. In Aqua Data Studio 10.0 every blocking or potentially time consuming process is contained in a separate thread. This means users can perform other tasks while the longer processes keep running. There are no settings or special GUI options needed to enable this functionality, as it is enabled by default throughout the application.

What's New?

Schema Browser

Expanding nodes in the browser are asynchronous to the UI.  A node expansion will display an animated icon while processing results.

Opening a Query Window

The window will open displaying a connecting animated icon while connecting.  If the connection fails, the window will display the options to reconnect, ping, etc.

Query Window

Using Auto-Describe with CTRL-D will now be asynchronous from the UI.