Re: Really annoying comments... - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Really annoying comments...
Date
Msg-id 2359.1019242429@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Really annoying comments...  ("Rod Taylor" <rbt@zort.ca>)
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"Rod Taylor" <rbt@zort.ca> writes:
> COMMENT ON DATABASE db IS 'Comment';
> Now switch databases.  Comment is gone.

Yeah, it's not very helpful.  I'm not sure why we bothered to implement
that in the first place.

> I suppose in order to add a comment field to pg_database it would need
> to be toasted or something (ton of work).  Any other way to fix this?

I'm more inclined to rip it out ;-).  I don't think it's worth the
trouble.  Keeping database comments someplace else than pg_description
is certainly *not* the way to go --- everything that reads them would
have to be tweaked too.

What does need to be added at the moment is COMMENT ON SCHEMA (a/k/a
namespace).
        regards, tom lane


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