Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Christopher Kings-Lynne
Subject Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns
Date
Msg-id 40E4C305.4070309@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns  (jearl@bullysports.com)
Responses Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns  (Justin Clift <jc@telstra.net>)
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> There is a huge difference between adhering to a standard and limiting
> yourself to a standard.  The real question is whether PostgreSQL's
> goal is to support SQL standards, or whether PostgreSQL's goal is to
> give PostgreSQL users a useful set of tools.

There are literally _hundreds_ of fields we could add to the 
information_schema.  Either we add them all or we add none of them.

Chris



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