Re: getColumnLabel return value

Why include it in the JDBC then?

If that was the original idea of the people specifying JDBC standards, why
not only use getColumnName?

My impression was that ColumnLabel is a description, while ColumnName is
the (usually abbreviated, and sometimes uncomprehendable) name of the
column :).

Regards.
Andras

On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:52:34 -0500, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote :

> Dave Cramer <Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net> writes:
> >> The documentation says that the method:
> >> "Gets the designated column's suggested title for use in printouts and
> >> displays."
>
> I should think that a column comment would usually be too long to serve
> usefully as a heading for the column in printouts, which is clearly the
> intended use of this method ...
>
> regards, tom lane
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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:52:34 -0500, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote :

> Dave Cramer <Dave(at)micro-automation(dot)net> writes:
> >> The documentation says that the method:
> >> "Gets the designated column's suggested title for use in printouts and
> >> displays."
>
> I should think that a column comment would usually be too long to serve
> usefully as a heading for the column in printouts, which is clearly the
> intended use of this method ...
>
> regards, tom lane
>
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