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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Descriptions for catalog tables
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In response to Descriptions for catalog tables  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com> writes:
> Any reason why fields in the catalog tables don't have descriptions?

The documentation for the catalogs is in catalogs.sgml.  I would much
rather see people seeking info go to the HTML docs; pg_description could
at best provide a small part of what you see in the docs.
        regards, tom lane

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