Re: Snippets?

On 5/24/19 11:15 AM, Ken Lacrosse wrote:
> Is there any way in postgresql to have a "snippet" of SQL code which you
> could apply to all tables.  Something you could add which would ensure
> that every table always has a Created, Changed and Deleted column for
> example.  Sort of like a C include I suppose.  Of course if I’m building
> a DB schema by hand I could just copy and paste those columns but it
> still seems a bit too, darn humans!, error prone.

Not that I know of.

Things I have done:
1) Template table that I includes those fields that I then add to.

FYI the Sqitch schema management system allows you to do the above:
https://sqitch.org/docs/manual/sqitch-add/#templates

2) A script that I run over table definition to add the fields.

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