Kexi/Migration/CSV/Add support for appending CSV data to an existing table

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Rationale

Appending CSV data to an existing table gives a simple means for merging CSV data chunks in one step.

Assumptions & Requirements

  • The data should be appended to the existing table, without changes made to the
  • Data is in largely the same format (regarding column or data types) as the data used to create the original table, to achieve this:
    • Data types for columns should be taken from the schema of the destination table
    • Column names stay untouched in the destination table, however autodetection should be still used to figure out value of the "First row contains column names" option; the option can be changed in the
  • Conflicts resolutions:
    • Data type violations (for example when importing string when numeric value is expected): TODO - for 2.6 we need to have friendly error message at least
      • Future: propose skipping conflicting values
    • Primary key violations: TODO - for 2.6 we need to have friendly error message at least
      • Future: propose skipping records with conflicting values or replacing the old records with new ones
    • Future: unique key violations: TODO

GUI Design

Existing GUI is based on single dialog as follows:

Switching to KAssistantDialog is needed. Proposed pages: 1. File selection (implementation already exists but uses separate modal dialog)

2. Data preview and options (implementation already exists but uses separate modal dialog)

3. Destination Selection page:

  • [KexiCommandLinkButton 3.1]: Import data into a new table
  • [KexiCommandLinkButton 3.2]: Append data to existing table

4.1. (when 3.1 clicked) Save Object As (implementation already exists but uses separate modal dialog)

4.2. (when 3.2 clicked) Select destination table

  • use KexiFieldListView for the list of tables
  • double click on name should do the same as clicking Next button

5. Importing

  • display progress bar
  • while importing disable all buttons but cancel
  • hide the progress when done with importing and display "Data has been successfully imported to table "%1" (implementation already exists but uses separate modal dialog)
  • available buttons should be: "Open..." and "Close"; "Cancel" should not be displayed after importing (implementation already exists but uses separate modal dialog)