When I'm waiting for the execution of an expensive query, I'd like to see some timer showing how much time the execution has taken up to now.

Some small indicator in the status bar, showing HH:MM:SS spent on execution/waiting so far would be useful.

We have been discussion this before (quite some times actually). The current implementation is described here:
http://webyog.com/faq/content/8/147/en/how...light=execution

When that was changed last time we asked users here in Forums we did but had very little feedback!


I understand that you request some indicator displaying *while executing* - not only *after finishing the query* (like "query executing for 5-10-15 etc. seconds"). Please confirm my understanding!

Hi Peter,

Indeed I am interested in having an indicator *while executing*.

For example, I issue a long-running query that operates on a large dataset, then go out to lunch
When I come back the query is still running, but I'm interested in the time spend executing/waiting _so far_.

It would be nice if such a counter was updated every second. However, for display a format like HH:MM:SS is more readable, since I don't want to convert large second numbers into a more intuitive form like "x hours and y minutes".

request added to issue tracker here:
http://code.google.com/p/sqlyog/issues/detail?id=821