MySQL Bugs: #46297: mysql-workbench fails to open files with spaces in path

Bug #46297	mysql-workbench fails to open files with spaces in path
Submitted:	20 Jul 2009 5:07	Modified:	15 Jan 2010 16:55
Reporter:	Rocko Requin	Email Updates:
Status:	Closed	Impact on me:	None
Category:	MySQL Workbench	Severity:	S3 (Non-critical)
Version:	5.1.16-1	OS:	Linux (Ubuntu 9.04 (amd64))
Assigned to:	Alfredo Kojima	CPU Architecture:	Any
Tags:	filename, spaces

Description:
mysql-workbench can't open files with spaces in the path, either from a nautilus launcher or the command line. It doesn't matter where the space(s) occur(s) in the path.

How to repeat:
Test case 1:

1. Save an mwb file, eg ~/test.mwb.

2. Move the file into a folder with spaces in the name, eg ~/data model/test.mwb:

 cd
 mkdir data\ model
 mv test.mwb data\ model/

3. These commands both fail to open the file:

 mysql-workbench data\ model/test.mwb
 mysql-workbench "data model/test.mwb"

The error message given is "Could not open document 'model/test.mwb'", ie mysql-workbench is failing to parse the command line arguments correctly.

Test Case 2:

The same happens if the file has a space in its name, eg:

1. Save a file as "test 1.mwb"

2. Both these commands fail to open the file:

mysql-workbench test\ 1.mwb
mysql-workbench "test 1.mwb"

Thank you for the bug report. Verified just as described. Workaround (for some cases) is to open these files using File > Open menu item.

Just chiming in that I just tripped over this in 5.2.4 alpha (Linux/x86 Debian Squeeze using the Ubuntu Jaunty .deb installer).

Will go with the workaround for now.

Fixed (was a problem in wrapper shell script)

fix confirmed. will be included in 5.2.12

An entry has been added to the 5.2.12 changelog:

When running MySQL Workbench from the command line, it could not open model files where the path contained a space.