Re: Bug #880: COMMENT ON DATABASE depends on current database

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > Do we have psql -l to connect to all the databases to collect comments?
> > I guess we could _try_ to connect to as many databases as possible, but
> > it seems a little overly complex to me.  What do others think?
>
> I tend to think that the functionality to give comments to databases
> should either be redone to work right (for example by storing the comment
> in a global table (but think about the encoding problems)) or be ripped
> out.  Right now the feature to give a comment to a database you presumably
> already know (since you connected to it) does not seem to justify the
> confusion it causes.

Good analysis.  Is removal actually the best solution?

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