On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:33:34 AM David Johnston wrote: > Can you make use of "COMMENT ON ."? > > > > From: pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:pgsql-general-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Lee Tucker > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:25 AM > To: pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Marking a Column for Special Use > > > > Greetings: > > > > I have a scenario in which it would be quite convenient to mark about 20 > existing columns in a table such that I can select those fields > programatically, based on my flag, for some specialized processing. What I > am trying to avoid is storing a list of columns somehere. Is there > something like a "user area" in the underlying tables that define a column > that could be safely utilized for this purpose? > > > > I'm using PostgreSQL 8.3 on Red Hat. > > > > TIA That's a good idea. Thanks... -- The Tucker Family Home: 336-372-5432 Mobile: 336-404-6987 |