On 4/5/06, Clive Page <cgp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since I discovered the facilities in Postgres for providing and listing > column descrptions, I have found them very useful, especially for adding a > string showing physical units to my columns. Have you considered using domains for these types? You can comment the domain appropriately. While the domain description will not show in \d+. to get the description you can do \dT on the domain. Based on your background I also think you might appreciate domains from a design perspective. There are a couple of disadvantages to using them so I'd suggest reading about them. merlin