Re: Show comments in \dRp+, \dRs+, and \dX+ psql meta-commands

> On Feb 26, 2026, at 11:32, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>
>> One unrelated thing caught my attention though: NULLs and empty strings
>> are both displayed as NULL, which is expected according to
>> CreateComments() in comment.c
>>
>> ...
>> /* Reduce empty-string to NULL case */
>> if (comment != NULL && strlen(comment) == 0)
>> comment = NULL;
>> ...
>>
>> However, I couldn't find anything in the docs that clearly says that
>> it's going to be the case -- at least not in comment.sgml.
>>
>> CREATE SEQUENCE s1;
>> COMMENT ON SEQUENCE s1 IS '';
>> CREATE SEQUENCE s2;
>> COMMENT ON SEQUENCE s2 IS NULL;
>>
>> postgres=# \ds+
>> List of sequences
>> -[ RECORD 1 ]-----------
>> Schema | public
>> Name | s1
>> Type | sequence
>> Owner | jim
>> Persistence | permanent
>> Size | 8192 bytes
>> Description | (null)
>> -[ RECORD 2 ]-----------
>> Schema | public
>> Name | s2
>> Type | sequence
>> Owner | jim
>> Persistence | permanent
>> Size | 8192 bytes
>> Description | (null)
>>
>> Is it perhaps an undocumented behaviour?
>
> I'm not sure why this behavior isn't documented, but it seems worth
> addressing in a separate documentation patch.
>

Actually, I am right about to post a doc patch for that. I noticed that while reviewing the other patch about comment before the holiday vacation. My patch will be out today or tomorrow.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
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