At 13:54 -0700 5/15/02, mike markovich wrote: >Paul, > >Thanks for responding. The ability to document columns, tables, >databases, etc. seems pretty important to me. Why is this not an >issue to others? Am I approaching this issue the wrong way? Your >thoughts would be appreciated. > >Mike
I guess I don't view the inability to store this information as database metadata as an impediment to documenting the database. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Paul DuBois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 1:02 PM >To: mike markovich; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description > > >At 11:48 -0700 5/15/02, mike markovich wrote: >>Hi All, >> >>What is the convention for documenting the contents/purpose of a >>column in MySql? > >There is none. > >> Most databases I have worked with had a way where text could be >>entered for each column that described the purpose and or contents >>of the column. It seems to me that this is something that should >>happen at table creation time, but I've searched for a long time and >>haven't found anything. A more general question might be how is >>meta data entered or stored for tables and columns in MySql? >> >>Can somebody point me in the right direction? >> >>Many Thanks, > >Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
