The catalog pg_description stores optional descriptions
(comments) for each database object. Descriptions can be manipulated
with the COMMENT command and viewed with
psql's \d commands.
Descriptions of many built-in system objects are provided in the initial
contents of pg_description.
Table 42-17. pg_description Columns
Name
Type
References
Description
objoid
oid
any OID column
The OID of the object this description pertains to
The OID of the system catalog this object appears in
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.