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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:38:18 -0700
From: Michael Fuhr <mike@fuhr.org>
To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: comment on COLUMN, broken or misunderstanding?
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2008 at 06:18:26PM -0800, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
> I'm expecting COLUMN comments to work much like table comments, but I'm
> getting nothing back.  Is this a reportable bug, or a misunderstanding?
> 
> # comment on column sched.days is 'Bitmask 0=Sunday,7=Holiday, 8=School
> day, 9=Special';
> COMMENT
> # \dd sched.days;
>  Schema | Name | Object | Description
> --------+------+--------+-------------
> (0 rows)

You're using the wrong psql command.  Try "\d+ sched".

-- 
Michael Fuhr