PG_DESCRIPTION
PG_DESCRIPTION records optional descriptions (comments) for each database object. Descriptions of many built-in system objects are provided in the initial contents of PG_DESCRIPTION.
See also PG_SHDESCRIPTION, which performs a similar function for descriptions involving objects that are shared across a database cluster.
Name |
Type |
Reference |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
objoid |
oid |
Any OID column |
OID of the object this description pertains to |
classoid |
oid |
PG_CLASS.oid |
OID of the system catalog this object appears in |
objsubid |
integer |
- |
For a comment on a table column, this is the column number (the objoid and classoid refer to the table itself). For all other object types, this column is 0. |
description |
text |
- |
Arbitrary text that serves as the description of this object |
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