| From: | Andreas Pflug <pgadmin(at)pse-consulting(dot)de> |
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| To: | Justin Clift <jc(at)telstra(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Adding column comment to information_schema.columns |
| Date: | 2004-07-05 07:48:22 |
| Message-ID: | 40E907C6.1000100@pse-consulting.de |
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Justin Clift wrote:
> Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
> <snip>
>
>> Anyone who's writing queries that are examing the schema of the
>> database is by definition not a newbie...
>
>
> By newbie here, I mean someone who's a PG "newbie" but has a
> reasonable understanding of databases (i.e. Oracle, etc) would
> generally find the "information_schema" much easier to locate and use
> information in compared to having to learn the PG internals.
Instead of querying views, a newbie should use some of the guis that
deliver all information for free, in a plainly understandable manner.
Regards,
Andreas
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