Re: [GENERAL] Using the internal data dictionary

2011-11-18 Thread Scott Mead
On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 10:54 AM, Bill Thoen wrote: > Thanks, guys! > > I'll take a closer look at the information_schema and pgAdmin and Maestro. > Reinventing the wheel isn't a problem as this job is not critical, but the > educational experience in looking at the system from another POV may b

Re: [GENERAL] Using the internal data dictionary

2011-11-18 Thread Bill Thoen
Thanks, guys! I'll take a closer look at the information_schema and pgAdmin and Maestro. Reinventing the wheel isn't a problem as this job is not critical, but the educational experience in looking at the system from another POV may be the bigger prize. - Bill On 11/17/2011 8:34 PM, David

Re: [GENERAL] Using the internal data dictionary

2011-11-17 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/17/11 7:17 PM, Bill Thoen wrote: I need to assemble a complete data dictionary for project documentation and other purposes and I was wondering about the pros and cons of using the pg_catalog metadata. But I hesitate to poke around in here because I don't know why it's kept so out of sig

Re: [GENERAL] Using the internal data dictionary

2011-11-17 Thread David Johnston
On Nov 17, 2011, at 22:17, Bill Thoen wrote: > I need to assemble a complete data dictionary for project documentation and > other purposes and I was wondering about the pros and cons of using the > pg_catalog metadata. But I hesitate to poke around in here because I don't > know why it's kept

[GENERAL] Using the internal data dictionary

2011-11-17 Thread Bill Thoen
I need to assemble a complete data dictionary for project documentation and other purposes and I was wondering about the pros and cons of using the pg_catalog metadata. But I hesitate to poke around in here because I don't know why it's kept so out of sight and not much documented. But it seems