RE: Table Description!! - Mailing list pgsql-general

Hmmm... My pg version was 6.5.2 and seems that it doesn't support it.
I just check it out on 7.1... and "comment" was OK. ;)
thanks
Omid

>From: Colin Taylor <Colin_Taylor@portasystems.co.uk>
>To: 'omid omoomi' <oomoomi@hotmail.com>, pgsql-general@postgresql.org
>Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Table Description!!
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 14:29:43 +0100
>
>Check out http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?sql-comment.html.
>I got my knowledge from the PostgreSQL: Introduction and Concepts book.
>HTH,
>Colin
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: omid omoomi [mailto:oomoomi@hotmail.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, 05 July 2001 14:22
> > To: Colin_Taylor@portasystems.co.uk; fNoorbakhsh@tecways.com;
> > pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Table Description!!
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> > I couldn't find such a thing.
> > May be better if having a copy from pg_tables and add a
> > description column
> > to that:
> >
> > Create table foo as Select * from pg_tables;
> > Alter table foo add col descript text ;
> >
> > HTH
> > Omid
> >
> > >From: Colin Taylor <Colin_Taylor@portasystems.co.uk>
> > >To: "'Fariba Noorbakhsh'" <fNoorbakhsh@tecways.com>,
> > >pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > >Subject: RE: [GENERAL] Table Description!!
> > >Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 08:08:55 +0100
> > >
> > >You could use the "COMMENT" command.
> > >Something like:
> > >COMMENT ON TABLE <table name> IS '<comment>';
> > >
> > >HTH,
> > >Colin
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Fariba Noorbakhsh [mailto:fNoorbakhsh@tecways.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, 04 July 2001 14:54
> > > > To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> > > > Subject: [GENERAL] Table Description!!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi everybody,
> > > >
> > > > I want to have a description for tables in my DB(Postgresql DB).
> > > > Is there any way to put description of tables in Postgresql
> > > > DB or not?!
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in Advance,
> > > > Fariba
> > > >
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