column selector / saving columns per query

[Rob Siklos]

> So to adopt the cmdline query tool, I could replace
>
>  wget -q -O ${outputfile}
>       --header="Cookie: COLUMNLIST=${COLUMNLIST-${defaultcolumnlist}}"
>       "${query}"
>
> with
>
>  wget -q -O ${outputfile}
>       "${query}&columnlist=${COLUMNLIST-${defaultcolumnlist}}"
>
> then?  That sounds fine to me.

Yes, but --- you can do this now!  For instance, try:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?product=Bugzilla&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_severity=critical&columnlist=assigned_to,short_desc

> Why not keep the cookie as the default, and have the columnlist URL 
> parameter
> override it, if present?  This way, you are backwards compatible, and 
> avoid the
> problem with not-logged-in users (AFAICS).
>

Yes - I think this is the way to go.

Rob.