[HACKERS] variables for tables and columns?

2008-04-08 Thread Kev
Would it be a lot of trouble to extend the ability that databases have to store variables (add_missing_from, array_nulls, etc.) to tables and columns, for use with user-defined variables? This would make it cleaner, I think, to do things like automatically build UIs for a table, using the

Re: [HACKERS] variables for tables and columns?

2008-04-08 Thread Gregory Stark
Kev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Would it be a lot of trouble to extend the ability that databases have to store variables (add_missing_from, array_nulls, etc.) to tables and columns, for use with user-defined variables? Not following what you're trying to say at all. Perhaps an example of how

Re: [HACKERS] variables for tables and columns?

2008-04-08 Thread Kev
On Apr 8, 10:40 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory Stark) wrote: Kev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Would it be a lot of trouble to extend the ability that databases have to store variables (add_missing_from, array_nulls, etc.) to tables and columns, for use with user-defined variables? Not