Wolfgang Drotschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Now, imagine you know the name of a constraint or all of them for a given 
> table, e.g. destilled via
>       SELECT *
>         FROM information_schema.table_constraints
>        WHERE table_name = '<table_name>';
> How can I get the comment for each of these constraints?

Something like this...

regression=# alter table foo add constraint bar check(id > 0);
ALTER TABLE
regression=# comment on constraint bar on foo is 'check its positive';
COMMENT
regression=# select obj_description(oid, 'pg_constraint') from pg_constraint 
where conname = 'bar' and conrelid = 'foo'::regclass;
  obj_description
--------------------
 check its positive
(1 row)

You could join to pg_description explicitly instead of using
obj_description(), and/or join to pg_class instead of using regclass.

                        regards, tom lane

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