Hi Norman,

> Honest, I have checked the docs for this :o)
>
> I want to add a comment to a table and its columns. You know
> the thing, a description of the table which is stored in the database,
> and descriptions of the columns etc.
>
> IB Expert (nice bit of kit) uses the DESCRIBE command in its
> own scripts to add a table or column comment. It seems to do column
> comments by directly updating the RDB$DESCRIPTION column of
> RDB$RELATION_FIELDS
> table and table descriptions by directly updating the RDB$DESCRIPTION column
> of the
> RDB$RELATION table.
>
> I'm a bit hesitant to update the system tables directly
> (being of an Oracle background, this is a big no no !) but I'm unable to
> find a
> command that will allow me to add my descriptions.
>
> The problem I'm having is that when I use IB_SQL to run
> scripts etc, the IB Expert manner of using the DESCRIBE command is flagged
> as an
> error. I'm unable to find a DESCRIBE command so I presume this is just
> something that IB Expert does itself.

DESCRIBE is a proprietary keyword of IB Expert. All third-party
tools like Database Workbench, IB Expert, ... which enables you
to store a description for database objects are executing an
UPDATE statement on the aleady mentioned system tables.


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Thomas Steinmaurer

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