Re: [GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-31 Thread Francisco Olarte
Hi Bob: On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 1:48 PM, Bob Futrelle bob.futre...@gmail.com wrote: Using pgAdmin3 I've tried this and variations on it. All are rejected. select COMMENT ON TABLE articlestats pgAdmin3 is a bit complex for me, bot on vanilla psql you can use the switch: -E --echo-hidden

[GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-30 Thread Bob Futrelle
Using pgAdmin3 I've tried this and variations on it. All are rejected. select COMMENT ON TABLE articlestats No answer here, http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-comment.html pgAdmin3 had no problem with entering a comment: COMMENT ON TABLE articlestats IS 'Comprehensive data for

Re: [GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-30 Thread Pavel Stehule
Hi you can call function obj_description http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11493978/how-to-retrieve-the-comment-of-a-postgresql-database http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/functions-info.html For tables SELECT pg_catalog.obj_description('tablename'::regclass, 'pg_class') as

Re: [GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-30 Thread Melvin Davidson
This will give the comment on your table and any column: SELECT DISTINCT ON (c.relname) n.nspname as schema, c.relname, a.rolname as owner, 0 as col_seq, '' as column, d.description as comment FROM pg_class c LEFT JOIN pg_attribute col ON (col.attrelid

Re: [GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-30 Thread Adrian Klaver
On 05/30/2015 04:48 AM, Bob Futrelle wrote: Using pgAdmin3 I've tried this and variations on it. All are rejected. select COMMENT ON TABLE articlestats No answer here, http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.3/static/sql-comment.html pgAdmin3 had no problem with entering a comment:

Re: [GENERAL] How to retrieve Comment text using SQL, not psql?

2015-05-30 Thread Melvin Davidson
select obj_description('table1'::regclass, 'pg_class'); That will only show the table comment. My query shows that table comment AND any column comments! On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Adrian Klaver adrian.kla...@aklaver.com wrote: On 05/30/2015 04:48 AM, Bob Futrelle wrote: Using