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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 provides a similar function for descriptions involving objects that are shared within the entire database.

Table 1 PG_DESCRIPTION columns

Name

Type

Reference

Description

objoid

oid

Any OID column

OID of the object that this description pertains to

classoid

oid

PG_CLASS.oid

OID of the system catalog where the object appears

objsubid

integer

-

Column number for a comment on a table column (objoid and classoid refer to the table itself); 0 for all other object types

description

text

-

Arbitrary text that serves as the description of the object
Parent topic: Other System Catalogs