On 09/24/2012 09:38:53 AM, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> On 09/23/2012 10:14:33 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Karl O. Pinc" <kop@meme.com> writes:
> > > The attached patch documents the oid column of those
> > > system catalogs having an oid.
> >
> > I think this is fundamentally wrong, or at least misleading,
> because
> > it
> > documents OID as if it were an ordinary column.
> How about modifying the ("printed") table layout as attached?
> It begins each ("printed") table documenting each catalog with a
> "Has OID column" Yes/No.
Changed text from "Has OID column" to "Keyed with an OID column"
since this explains more and there's no worry about horizontal
space.
I like having the documentation of oid be part of the
(printed) table describing the columns, in some way or
another, since that's where the eye is drawn when
looking for column documentation.
Karl <kop@meme.com>
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