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>44.33. <TT
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>   The catalog <TT
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>pg_shdescription</TT
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   descriptions (comments) for shared database objects.  Descriptions can be
   manipulated with the <A
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   <SPAN
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>   See also <A
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   which performs a similar function for descriptions involving objects
   within a single database.
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>   Unlike most system catalogs, <TT
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>pg_shdescription</TT
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   is shared across all databases of a cluster: there is only one
   copy of <TT
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>any OID column</TD
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>.oid</TT
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>The OID of the system catalog this object appears in</TD
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><TT
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>description</TT
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