Re: Descriptions for catalog tables

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Descriptions for catalog tables
Date: 2006-06-15 16:49:19
Message-ID: 28923.1150390159@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com> writes:
> Any reason why fields in the catalog tables don't have descriptions?

The documentation for the catalogs is in catalogs.sgml. I would much
rather see people seeking info go to the HTML docs; pg_description could
at best provide a small part of what you see in the docs.

regards, tom lane

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