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
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Msg-id 40E8C6CE.80405@familyhealth.com.au
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In response to Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns  (Justin Clift <jc@telstra.net>)
Responses Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns
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> My take on this is that it's a LOT easier for people who don't know the 
> internals of the PG catalogs to be able to query the information schema, 
> as in the information schema things are generally explicitly named.
> 
> Much easier for non-experts, which most people don't want to have to 
> invest the time in becoming.

Anyone who's writing queries that are examing the schema of the database 
is by definition not a newbie...

Chris



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