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pg_description
Read PG 18 manual ↗The catalog pg_description stores optional descriptions (comments) for each database object.
- Kind
- System catalogs
- Columns in this snapshot
- 4
- Definition source
- English manual
Columns 4
| Column | Type | Description / reference |
|---|---|---|
objoid | oid | The OID of the object this description pertains to |
classoid | oid | The OID of the system catalog this object appears in pg_class.oid |
objsubid | int4 | 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 zero. |
description | text | Arbitrary text that serves as the description of this object |
Column history across versions
Definition snapshot: english-manuals:2c464ef7ac2189cdd0bcdd75f5e… · English manual source