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To: Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: comment on COLUMN, broken or misunderstanding? 
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Comments: In-reply-to Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com>
	message dated "Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:18:26 -0800"
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:35:03 -0500
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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Bryce Nesbitt <bryce1@obviously.com> writes:
> 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)

Try "\d+ sched".  I don't think \dd considers columns at all --- what
that command would be looking for is comments on table days in schema
sched.


			regards, tom lane