Gordon Clarke <gordonc@cyberbiz.net.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