Re: comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd

Psql manual pages says:

              The command form \d+ is identical, but any comments
              associated  with  the  table  columns  are shown as
              well.

> Stephen van Egmond (svanegmond@home.com) reports a bug with a severity of 3
> The lower the number the more severe it is.
> 
> Short Description
> comments on columns aren't displayed by \dd
> 
> Long Description
> Comments on columns appear to be broken.  CREATE COMMENT ON COLUMN inserts stuff into the backend pg_* tables correctly.  However \dd from the psql interactive monitor doesn't send a query to retrieve it (i.e. no join on pg_attribute).
> 
> I am working from the Debian package postgresql-client 7.0.3-2.
> 
> Sample Code
> create table foo (a text);
> cmment on column foo.a is 'hello!';
> \dd foo.a
> 
> No file was uploaded with this report
> 
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