\d+ <tablename> should show you the table schema with comments.
If you're looking for the actual data, it's in pg_description. The
objoid field matches the oid field in pg_attribute (which is the
"fields" table for pgsql).
On 30 Nov 2000, at 11:17, Dale Anderson wrote:
>    I am able to add table and column descriptions, and I am also able
>    to retrieve the table description.  The problem is that I can not
>    find a way to retrieve the description comments on table
>    columns????  Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Dale.
>
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