CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is a pretty obvious suggestion I bet was made many, many times > before, but it would be very useful if you could create comments while > creating the objects themselves, like
> CREATE TABLE FOO ( > ID INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY COMMENT 'The ID', > VALUE VARCHAR(10) COMMENT 'The value', > ) COMMENT 'The table'; This seems like a fairly bad idea to me, because it converts your table definitions into proprietary syntax. Heaven help you trying to load the above into any other database. With a separate COMMENT ON command, at least you have a fighting chance of ignoring the errors and pressing on. > Perhaps this is a small enough add to make it into 8.3? Feature freeze was six months ago, and no this wouldn't be a "small add" even if it was the best idea since sliced bread. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly