Thread: comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd
Stephen van Egmond (svanegmond@home.com) reports a bug with a severity of 3 The lower the number the more severe it is. Short Description comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd Long Description Comments on columns appear to be broken. CREATE COMMENT ON COLUMN inserts stuff into the backend pg_* tables correctly. However \dd from the psql interactive monitor doesn't send a query to retrieve it (i.e. no join on pg_attribute). I am working from the Debian package postgresql-client 7.0.3-2. Sample Code create table foo (a text); cmment on column foo.a is 'hello!'; \dd foo.a No file was uploaded with this report
Psql manual pages says:
The command form \d+ is identical, but any comments
associated with the table columns are shown as
well.
> Stephen van Egmond (svanegmond@home.com) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
>
> Short Description
> comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd
>
> Long Description
> Comments on columns appear to be broken. CREATE COMMENT ON COLUMN inserts stuff into the backend pg_* tables
correctly. However \dd from the psql interactive monitor doesn't send a query to retrieve it (i.e. no join on
pg_attribute).
>
> I am working from the Debian package postgresql-client 7.0.3-2.
>
> Sample Code
> create table foo (a text);
> cmment on column foo.a is 'hello!';
> \dd foo.a
>
> No file was uploaded with this report
>
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> Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: > > Psql manual pages says: > > > > The command form \d+ is identical, but any comments > > associated with the table columns are shown as > > well. > > Thank you for the response, Bruce. I was working from the HTML docs > for COMMENT ON [1] where only \dd is mentioned. \d+ doesn't occur in the > \? psql help either. > > -Steve > [1] http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/sql-comment.htm The + options to psql are sort of COMMENT additions to the backslash commands. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 853-3000 + If your life is a hard drive, | 830 Blythe Avenue + Christ can be your backup. | Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania 19026
Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) wrote: > Psql manual pages says: > > The command form \d+ is identical, but any comments > associated with the table columns are shown as > well. Thank you for the response, Bruce. I was working from the HTML docs for COMMENT ON [1] where only \dd is mentioned. \d+ doesn't occur in the \? psql help either. -Steve [1] http://www.postgresql.org/users-lounge/docs/7.0/postgres/sql-comment.htm