On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 01:03:20PM +0200, Dawid Kuroczko wrote: > Hello. > > I think it could be a nice idea to put descriptions from > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/catalogs.html > into system catalogs itself. I.e., make a bunch of > > COMMENT ON COLUMN pg_class.relname > IS 'Name of the table, index, view, etc.'; > ... > COMMENT ON COLUMN pg_class.relkind > IS 'r = ordinary table, i = index, S = sequence, v = view, c = > composite type, t = TOAST table'; > > and so on. > > I think it could be helpful, when you're writing your own selects > on system catalogs. > > Perhaps it could be optional (as a contrib .sql file). > > If you like the idea, I could prepare a script which will > convert documentation into .sql file with series of > COMMENT ON .. IS ...;
Actually, this does exist for some things in the catalog; I suspect it just wasn't done in the past (perhaps Postgres didn't originally have comments). I think it would be a useful addition. But I think it'd need to be more than just a .sql file (initdb would probably need to be modified). Ideally, we'd be able to suck the info out of the appropriate .sgml files. -- Jim Nasby [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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