Re: [GENERAL] "Hidden" field for each column

2006-04-12 Thread codeWarrior
You can specifiy a "comment" on each field "Don Y" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > Is there any way that I can consistently (across all > tables) add a parameter defining "what" each column > "is"? (sorry, crappy grammar and ill-formed question). > > I

Re: [GENERAL] "Hidden" field for each column

2006-04-12 Thread Tom Lane
Don Y <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to be able to embed in the database parameters > that tell it how to interpret each column. In other > words, while the TYPE for two columns might be > text/char/varchar/etc., the data that each contained > could have vastly different interpretations. If

[GENERAL] "Hidden" field for each column

2006-04-12 Thread Don Y
Hi, Is there any way that I can consistently (across all tables) add a parameter defining "what" each column "is"? (sorry, crappy grammar and ill-formed question). I want to be able to embed in the database parameters that tell it how to interpret each column. In other words, while the TYPE fo