| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | gordonc(at)cyberbiz(dot)net(dot)au |
| Cc: | pgsql-sql(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [SQL] Question about comments |
| Date: | 1999-08-21 03:34:01 |
| Message-ID: | 21420.935206441@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Gordon Clarke <gordonc(at)cyberbiz(dot)net(dot)au> writes:
> I'm running Postgresql 6.3.2.
> When ones gets help on the built-in commands that start with '\' there is
> a command '\dd [object]'. In the comments is says that it lists the
> comment for the object, eg. table, field etc.
> Is this command operative under 6.3.2? If so, how does one get the
> comment(s) into those objects? The '\h create table' etc gives no idea.
> Also which of the system tables (pg_?) are these comments written to?
pg_description, I believe. AFAIK there's no special support for adding
entries to it :-(. You can insert entries manually, but it'd be nicer
to have some kind of specialized command for that...
regards, tom lane
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