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When to use COMMENT vs --

From:	Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>
To:	pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject:	When to use COMMENT vs --
Date:	2016-12-07 15:57:54
Message-ID:	alpine.LNX.2.11.1612070755310.26259@localhost
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I have used '-- ' to enter comments about tables or columns and am curious
about the value of storing comments in tables using the COMMENT key word.
When is the latter more appropriate than the former?

TIA,

Rich

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Re: When to use COMMENT vs -- at 2016-12-07 16:04:42 from Pavel Stehule
Re: When to use COMMENT vs -- at 2016-12-07 16:05:56 from Karsten Hilbert
Re: When to use COMMENT vs -- at 2016-12-07 16:10:30 from John McKown
Re: When to use COMMENT vs -- at 2016-12-09 15:23:19 from Merlin Moncure

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