From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | tully <none(at)noemail(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Column Headings using Comment? |
Date: | 2004-03-02 19:00:29 |
Message-ID: | 200403021900.i22J0TD20416@candle.pha.pa.us |
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tully wrote:
> Is there an option for psql to use the entry in Comments for "pretty"
> column headings in a report? For example, instead of printing the
> column name of "last" in the heading, the option would print "Last
> Name" that is contained in the Comments field.
>
> The only two alternatives I've found so far is to use "SELECT AS" or
> to mangle the "\d+" output from psql with awk, which are both
> cumbersome solutions, especially when a "select *" is possible.
>
> Can anyone help?
Ideally, you could do something like:
SELECT 1 AS (SELECT description FROM pg_description WHERE ...);
but we don't support subqueries in AS clauses.
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