Re: Really annoying comments...

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Rod Taylor <rbt(at)zort(dot)ca>, Hackers List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Really annoying comments...
Date: 2002-04-21 18:44:42
Message-ID: 13940.1019414682@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk> writes:
>> I'm more inclined to rip it out ;-).

> Eeep! pgAdmin handles comments coming from multiple pg_description tables
> and it works very well (IMHO) in the pgAdmin UI. By all means make them work
> more sensibly in whatever way seems most appropriate - I'll fix pgAdmin to
> handle it, but don't just rip them out please!!

Well, it would seem like the only sensible rule would be to allow
COMMENT ON DATABASE only for the *current* database. Then at least
you know which DB to look in.

regards, tom lane

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