Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns

From: Dennis Bjorklund <db(at)zigo(dot)dhs(dot)org>
To: Justin Clift <jc(at)telstra(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns
Date: 2004-07-01 05:54:44
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.44.0407010751380.21809-100000@zigo.dhs.org
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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004, Justin Clift wrote:

> but we found it useful. It adds the column comments to the
> information_schema.columns view.

Doesn't the specification say exactly what columns should exist?

Lots of things in the old system tables are not visible in the
information_schema because of this. Not that I think a comment column
would hurt, but anyway.

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/Dennis Björklund

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