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

From Andreas Pflug
Subject Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns
Date
Msg-id 40E907C6.1000100@pse-consulting.de
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In response to Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns  (Justin Clift <jc@telstra.net>)
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Justin Clift wrote:

> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> Anyone who's writing queries that are examing the schema of the 
>> database is by definition not a newbie...
>
>
> By newbie here, I mean someone who's a PG "newbie" but has a 
> reasonable understanding of databases (i.e. Oracle, etc) would 
> generally find the "information_schema" much easier to locate and use 
> information in compared to having to learn the PG internals.


Instead of querying views, a newbie should use some of the guis that 
deliver all information for free, in a plainly understandable manner.

Regards,
Andreas




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