Hmmm... I should check, but I remember that when there was comment in Postgres they were in the form, maybe it only working in postgres... Maybe it not working anymore, but I am pretty sure it was working in the pass... Anyway, he can keep his comment at database level for documentation purpose if he wants.
Richard On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Niphlod <niph...@gmail.com> wrote: > nope. comment exists only in the web2py realm (i.e. models definitions). > There's no way to have a standardized syntax to store comments in the > database too (and I'm not sure either every db engine has the support for > it) > > > On Tuesday, March 12, 2013 1:52:55 PM UTC+1, Richard wrote: > >> If I remember web2py get the backend comment if there is no comment in >> the model definition.. So if you want to have dual comment definition, use >> your backend comment for code documentation and override them in your model >> definition... >> >> Richard >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 8:27 AM, Alex <mrau...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> is it possible to set the database column comment in web2py? I'd like to >>> document my fields only once and have the comment in the code and in the db. >>> >>> At the moment I comment some of my fields in db.py like >>> Field('status', 'integer', comment='0=error, 1=warning, 2=success') >>> >>> >>> >>> So I'm somehow misusing the comment argument for my internal >>> documentation (I don't use the autogenerated forms). It would be very >>> useful to have an argument like dbcomment for the Field class. >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "web2py-users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to web2py+un...@**googlegroups.com. >>> >>> For more options, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/**groups/opt_out<https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> >>> . >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.