On Wed, Dec 07, 2016 at 07:57:54AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > I have used '-- ' to enter comments about tables or columns and am curious > about the value of storing comments in tables using the COMMENT key word. > When is the latter more appropriate than the former?
"--" only means "comment" to SQL code (such as in scripts). PostgreSQL itself simply ignores it. OTOH, using "comment on ... is ..." tells PostgreSQL to _store_ a comment on a database object for later retrieval. Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346 -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
