Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Matthews
- Original Message - From: "Orr, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:09 PM Subject: RE: Column Header/ Column Description > Metadata in the database is NOT a bad idea! It's a basic part of the > relatio

RE: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Orr, Steve
h C. Ivey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description - Original Message - From: "Keith C. Ivey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description > On 15

Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread MikeParton
ogies. - Original Message - From: "Mark Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Keith C. Ivey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description > > - Original Message -

Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Matthews
- Original Message - From: "Keith C. Ivey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 4:54 PM Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description > On 15 May 2002, at 16:06, Mark Matthews wrote: > > > I'm interested in he

Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Keith C. Ivey
On 15 May 2002, at 16:06, Mark Matthews wrote: > I'm interested in hearing what databases you have used that have this > functionality? SQL server and Oracle do not, for example. MS Access does. Also, it seems a bit inconsistent that MySQL has metadata (the comment) associated with each table,

RE: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread mike markovich
CTED] Subject: Re: Column Header/ Column Description >- Original Message - > From: "mike markovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:54 PM > Subject: RE

RE: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Gurhan Ozen
002 4:54 PM To: Paul DuBois; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Column Header/ Column Description 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? Yo

RE: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Paul DuBois
ke 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. > >&g

Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Mark Matthews
>- Original Message - > From: "mike markovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Paul DuBois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 3:54 PM > Subject: RE: Column Header/ Column Description > > Paul,

RE: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread mike markovich
[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 MySq

Re: Column Header/ Column Description

2002-05-15 Thread Paul DuBois
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 >