Re: Column descriptions - could they be propagated to new - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Clive Page
Subject Re: Column descriptions - could they be propagated to new
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.63.0604051752000.7042@peneca.star.le.ac.uk
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In response to Re: Column descriptions - could they be propagated to new tables?  ("Merlin Moncure" <mmoncure@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, 5 Apr 2006, Merlin Moncure wrote:

> Have you considered using domains for these types?  You can comment
> the domain appropriately.  While the domain description will not show
> in \d+. to get the description you can do \dT on the domain.
>
> Based on your background I also think you might appreciate domains
> from a design perspective.  There are a couple of disadvantages to
> using them so I'd suggest reading about them.

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll start reading up on them.

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Clive Page
Dept of Physics & Astronomy,
University of Leicester,
Leicester, LE1 7RH,  U.K.


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