> Hello Bruce,
>
> I've just submitted a patch to the patches list which
> implements Oracle's COMMENT statement. It will
> insert/update/delete the appropriate OID for the
> table or column targeted for the comment. It should
> apply cleanly against current. If it passes your
> scrutiny, I was wondering a couple of things:
>
> 1. Might it be possible for psql
> (a.k.a Peter Eisentraut) to display the comments
> associated with tables, views, and columns in
> its \d output? Or perhaps another \ command?
Sure. \dd does that already.
>
> 2. Should I write up SGML for it (as well as for
> TRUNCATE TABLE)?
I did that for Truncate. You can see it in the docs. If you want to
write on on this, that would be good. It seems more complex.
>
> 3. Should I expand it beyond ORACLE's syntax to
> include functions, types, triggers, rules, etc.?
Sure, why not. \dd already handles it.
>
> On the TODO list its listed as:
>
> Allow pg_descriptions when creating types, tables,
> columns, and functions
Yep. Removed the 'table' entry, and marked it as done.
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