MySQL Bugs: #44437: Forward Engineer SQL Create Script Wizard Does Not Warn When Overwriting

Bug #44437	Forward Engineer SQL Create Script Wizard Does Not Warn When Overwriting
Submitted:	23 Apr 2009 15:51	Modified:	10 Jun 2009 13:31
Reporter:	Marc Liyanage	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.10 Beta Rev 5306	OS:	MacOS (10.5.6)
Assigned to:	Alfredo Kojima	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	CHECKED

Description:
Forward Engineer SQL Create Script Wizard does not ask the user for confirmation if the output file already exists for invocations other than the first ones, when it re-uses the filename picked by the user in the first invocation.

It does ask the first time around, when I use the "Browse" button and pick a file that exists.

How to repeat:
1.) Open a Workbench document
2.) Run File > Export > Forward Engineer SQL CREATE Script
3.) Use the Browse button to set the destination
4.) Perform the remaining Wizard steps
5.) Run File > Export > Forward Engineer SQL CREATE Script again
6.) You can click Continue > Continue > Finish and Workbench will overwrite the existing file without asking the user for confirmation.

Suggested fix:
I actually like it this way, but it is unusual and possibly dangerous not to ask for confirmation when overwriting a file, especially because it does ask when using the Browse button.

Thank you for the problem report.

when selecting a filename of an already existing file,  WB now displays a dialog asking if user wants to replace existing file. will be included in 5.1.13

An entry was added to the 5.1.13 changelog:

The Forward Engineer SQL Script wizard would write over an existing file without prompting the user for confirmation.