Re: Description field for tables and views

Comment is probably what you’re looking for.

If you don’t want to use that: it’s a database. Make a table. Put whatever information in there that you need.

Either look up by view name, or schema + view name, or oid: https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-oid.html

> On Jul 3, 2024, at 12:28, Kent Dorfman <kent(dot)dorfman766(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
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> I think I already know the answer but asking here is probably quicker turnaround than researching it.
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> I've gotten into a "view bloat" scenario with many many custom views that I cannot remember what they actually do. Is there any psql function/command to add a description field to a table or view definition in the system? Would be nice to have a one line general text note capability to quickly see what a complicated view does when looking at the defintion via
> # \dv+
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> Looks like the command has the field present, but not sure how to populate it.
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> am using PostgreSQL 13.xx in Debian.
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