COMMENT

Add a comment to the data dictionary:

Syntax:

   COMMENT ON TABLE [schema.]table IS 'text'
   COMMENT ON TABLE [schema.]view IS 'text'
   COMMENT ON TABLE [schema.]materialized_view IS 'text'

   COMMENT ON COLUMN [schema.]table.column IS 'text'
   COMMENT ON COLUMN [schema.]view.column IS 'text'
   COMMENT ON COLUMN [schema.]materialized_view.column IS 'text'

To drop a comment from the database, set it to the empty string ' '

Example

COMMENT ON COLUMN supplies.part_no IS ’The six digit part number’;

You can view comments by querying the data dictionary views listed below.

"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something" - last words of Pancho Villa

Related Commands:

CREATE TABLE
SQL Plus REM statements

Related Views:

 COL 
 DICTIONARY 
 DICT_COLUMNS 
 DBA_COL_COMMENTS     ALL_COL_COMMENTS     USER_COL_COMMENTS 
 DBA_TAB_COMMENTS     ALL_TAB_COMMENTS     USER_TAB_COMMENTS