#1477 (ok 4.3) Central columns list

[Marc Delisle]

A shortcoming of MySQL is that columns are defined per table, with no central list of columns. Benefits of a central list of columns include:

• avoiding similar name for the same data element, for example product_id and prod_id
• consistency of data type for the same data element
• shortcut to add an element from the central list to a table's structure

The phpMyAdmin configuration storage would be the place to maintain this central list (probably per database).

[Shubhank]

This is an important issue!