The QDVPublishedDatabases table of a SQL Server Article and Set database can be extended with extra columns:
▪Description, more explicit than the name, which usually contains a short manufacturer code
▪Date of edition
When selecting the database in QDV7, the description shows in place of the name and the date if any.
Code:
if not exists(select * from sys.all_columns where (name = 'description' or name = 'db_date') and object_id = object_id('QDVPublishedDatabases')) begin
alter table dbo.QdvPublishedDatabases
add description nvarchar(50) not null CONSTRAINT DF_QDVPublishedDatabases_Description DEFAULT '',
db_date datetime not null CONSTRAINT DF_QDVPublishedDatabases_db_date DEFAULT '1900-01-01'
exec('update QdvPublishedDatabases set description = name')
end