Added support for post-connection SQL execution, which will be run automatically on each connection made to any database of the server. #4503

Author: akshay-joshi

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@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ New features
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   | `Issue #4194 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/4194>`_ -  Added support to automatically open a file after it is downloaded in the desktop mode.
+  | `Issue #4503 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/4503>`_ -  Added support for post-connection SQL execution, which will be run automatically on each connection made to any database of the server.
   | `Issue #5871 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/5871>`_ -  Add support for restoring plain SQL database dumps.
   | `Issue #8034 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8034>`_ -  Added support for creating Directory nodes in EPAS.
   | `Issue #8449 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8449>`_ -  Change icon buttons to show tooltip even when disabled.
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ Bug fixes
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   | `Issue #8006 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8006>`_ -  Removed the pre-install script from the Red Hat build function as it was causing a No such file or directory warning during the update.
+  | `Issue #8316 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8316>`_ -  Ensure that modal dialogs are not triggered more than once to avoid duplicates.
   | `Issue #8355 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8355>`_ -  Change session files garbage collection strategy.
   | `Issue #8437 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8437>`_ -  Fixed an issue where the PSQL terminal displays keyname for non alphanumeric keys.
   | `Issue #8462 <https://github.com/pgadmin-org/pgadmin4/issues/8462>`_ -  Fixed an issue where geometries in the geometry viewer will render partially when the container was resized.

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@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ Use the fields in the *Advanced* tab to configure a connection:
 
 .. note:: The Password exec option is only supported when pgAdmin is run in desktop mode.
 
-* Click the *Save* button to save your work.
-* Click the *Close* button to exit without saving your work.
-* Click the *Reset* button to return the values specified on the Server dialog
-  to their original condition.
+Click the *Post Connection SQL* tab to continue.
 
-.. toctree::
+.. image:: images/server_post_connection_sql.png
+    :alt: Server dialog post connection sql tab
+    :align: center
 
-    clear_saved_passwords
+* Use the *Post Connection SQL* field to write the SQL queries that will be
+  executed in autocommit mode for each connection made to any database on this server.
 
 
 Click the *Tags* tab to continue.
@@ -245,6 +245,15 @@ Use the table in the *Tags* tab to add tags. The tags will be shown on the right
 a server node label in the object explorer tree.
 
 Click on the *+* button to add a new tag. Some of the parameters are:
+  * *Text* field to specify the tag name.
+  * *Color* field to select the accent color of the tag.
+
+
+* Click the *Save* button to save your work.
+* Click the *Close* button to exit without saving your work.
+* Click the *Reset* button to return the values specified on the Server dialog
+  to their original condition.
+
+.. toctree::
 
-* *Text* field to specify the tag name.
-* *Color* field to select the accent color of the tag.
+    clear_saved_passwords

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@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+##########################################################################
+#
+# pgAdmin 4 - PostgreSQL Tools
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013 - 2025, The pgAdmin Development Team
+# This software is released under the PostgreSQL Licence
+#
+##########################################################################
+
+"""
+
+Revision ID: e982c040d9b5
+Revises: 255e2842e4d7
+Create Date: 2025-03-13 16:55:26.893395
+
+"""
+from alembic import op
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+# revision identifiers, used by Alembic.
+revision = 'e982c040d9b5'
+down_revision = '255e2842e4d7'
+branch_labels = None
+depends_on = None
+
+
+def upgrade():
+    op.add_column('server', sa.Column('post_connection_sql', sa.String()))
+
+
+def downgrade():
+    # pgAdmin only upgrades, downgrade not implemented.
+    pass