Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns

From: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(at)wolff(dot)to>
Cc: Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>, Justin Clift <jc(at)telstra(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns
Date: 2004-07-03 10:02:01
Message-ID: 40E68419.9020701@familyhealth.com.au
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>>Why are they useful???? If you want PG specific stuff then use the PG
>>specific catalogs!!!
>
> The information schema could be used to provide a more stable interface.
> The pg catalog changes from release to release and it would be nice to
> be able to write code which is more future proof.

Really? It will have the same problem! That being that when we change
stuff in the catalogs, we will need to change it in the info schema as
well more than likely...

Chris

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