variables for tables and columns?

From: Kev <kevinjamesfield(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: variables for tables and columns?
Date: 2008-04-08 13:26:29
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Would it be a lot of trouble to extend the ability that databases have
to store variables (add_missing_from, array_nulls, etc.) to tables and
columns, for use with user-defined variables?

This would make it cleaner, I think, to do things like automatically
build UIs for a table, using the variables to configure exceptions and
special features, especially when using mod_libpq or otherwise trying
to minimize the code that exists outside the database server.

What do you think?

Thanks,
Kev

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