text: -- DROP TABLE IF EXISTS quinquennially_issues ; 
  
  SELECT 'create the "quinquennially_issues" table'
  ; 
     CREATE TABLE quinquennially_issues (
        guid           UUID NOT NULL DEFAULT gen_random_uuid()
      , level          integer NULL
      , seq            integer NULL
      , prio           integer NULL
      , status         varchar (50) NOT NULL
      , tags           varchar (200)
      , category       varchar (200) NOT NULL
      , name           varchar (200) NOT NULL
      , description    varchar (4000)
      , start_time     text NULL
      , stop_time      text NULL
      , type           varchar (50) NOT NULL
      , planned_hours  decimal (6,2) NULL
      , actual_hours   decimal (6,2) NULL
      , owner          varchar (50) NULL
      , update_time    timestamp DEFAULT NOW()
      , CONSTRAINT pk_quinquennially_issues_guid PRIMARY KEY (guid)
      ) WITH (
        OIDS=FALSE
      );
  
     SELECT 'show the columns of the just created table'
     ; 
  
  
     SELECT attrelid::regclass, attnum, attname , attnotnull
     FROM   pg_attribute
     WHERE  attrelid = 'public.quinquennially_issues'::regclass
     AND    attnum > 0
     AND    NOT attisdropped
     ORDER  BY attnum
     ; 
  