2 52.49. pg_shdescription #
4 The catalog pg_shdescription stores optional descriptions (comments)
5 for shared database objects. Descriptions can be manipulated with the
6 COMMENT command and viewed with psql's \d commands.
8 See also pg_description, which performs a similar function for
9 descriptions involving objects within a single database.
11 Unlike most system catalogs, pg_shdescription is shared across all
12 databases of a cluster: there is only one copy of pg_shdescription per
13 cluster, not one per database.
15 Table 52.49. pg_shdescription Columns
21 objoid oid (references any OID column)
23 The OID of the object this description pertains to
25 classoid oid (references pg_class.oid)
27 The OID of the system catalog this object appears in
31 Arbitrary text that serves as the description of this object