Re: Table & Column descriptions - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dale Anderson
Subject Re: Table & Column descriptions
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Msg-id sa266a9d.092@crystalsugar.com
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In response to Table & Column descriptions  ("Dale Anderson" <danderso@crystalsugar.com>)
List pgsql-general
That is exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks a lot.

Dale.

>>> "Joel Burton" <jburton@scw.org> 11/30/00 01:29PM >>>
\d+ <tablename> should show you the table schema with comments.
If you're looking for the actual data, it's in pg_description. The
objoid field matches the oid field in pg_attribute (which is the
"fields" table for pgsql).

On 30 Nov 2000, at 11:17, Dale Anderson wrote:

>    I am able to add table and column descriptions, and I am also able
>    to retrieve the table description.  The problem is that I can not
>    find a way to retrieve the description comments on table
>    columns????  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Dale.
>


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