*** src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
--- src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dump.c
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*** 134,139 **** static void dumpBaseType(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo);
--- 134,140 ----
  static void dumpEnumType(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo);
  static void dumpDomain(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo);
  static void dumpCompositeType(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo);
+ static void dumpCompositeTypeColsComment(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo);
  static void dumpShellType(Archive *fout, ShellTypeInfo *stinfo);
  static void dumpProcLang(Archive *fout, ProcLangInfo *plang);
  static void dumpFunc(Archive *fout, FuncInfo *finfo);
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*** 6755,6762 **** dumpCompositeType(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo)
--- 6756,6864 ----
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(q);
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(delq);
  	destroyPQExpBuffer(query);
+ 
+  	/* Dump column comments */
+  	dumpCompositeTypeColsComment(fout, tinfo);
+ }
+ 
+ /*
+  * dumpCompositeTypeColsComment
+  *	  writes out to fout the queries to recreate comments on columns of
+  *	  composite types
+  */
+ static void
+ dumpCompositeTypeColsComment(Archive *fout, TypeInfo *tinfo)
+ {
+ 	CommentItem *comments;
+ 	int ncomments;
+ 	PGresult *res;
+ 	PQExpBuffer query;
+ 	PQExpBuffer attrquery = createPQExpBuffer();
+ 	PQExpBuffer target;
+ 	Oid colTableOid;
+ 	int i;
+ 	int ntups;
+ 	int i_attname;
+ 	int i_attnum;
+ 
+ 	appendPQExpBuffer(attrquery,
+ 					  "SELECT pg_class.tableoid, "
+ 					  "       pg_attribute.attname, "
+ 					  "        pg_attribute.attnum "
+ 					  "FROM pg_class, pg_attribute "
+ 					  "WHERE pg_class.oid = '%u' and pg_class.oid = pg_attribute.attrelid "
+ 					  "ORDER BY pg_attribute.attnum ",
+ 					  tinfo->typrelid);
+ 
+ 	/* Fetch column's attname */
+ 	res = PQexec(g_conn, attrquery->data);
+ 	check_sql_result(res, g_conn, attrquery->data, PGRES_TUPLES_OK);
+ 	ntups = PQntuples(res);
+ 	if (ntups < 1)
+ 	{
+ 		write_msg(NULL, "query returned no rows: %s\n", attrquery->data);
+ 		exit_nicely();
+ 	}
+ 	colTableOid = atooid(PQgetvalue(res, 0, PQfnumber(res, "tableoid")));
+ 
+ 	/* Search for comments associated with relation, using table */
+ 	ncomments = findComments(fout,
+ 							 colTableOid,
+ 							 tinfo->typrelid,
+ 							 &comments);
+ 
+ 	/* If comments exist, build COMMENT ON statements */
+ 	if (ncomments <= 0)
+ 		return;
+ 
+ 	query = createPQExpBuffer();
+ 	target = createPQExpBuffer();
+ 
+ 	i_attnum = PQfnumber(res, "attnum");
+ 	i_attname = PQfnumber(res, "attname");
+ 	while (ncomments > 0)
+ 	{
+ 		const char *descr = comments->descr;
+ 		/* Just to be safe */
+ 		const char *attname = "unknown";
+ 		for (i = 0; i < ntups; i++)
+ 		{
+ 			if (atoi(PQgetvalue(res, i, i_attnum)) == comments->objsubid)
+ 			{
+ 				attname = PQgetvalue(res, i, i_attname);
+ 				break;
+ 			}
+ 		}
+ 		resetPQExpBuffer(target);
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(target, "COLUMN %s.",
+ 						  fmtId(tinfo->dobj.name));
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(target, "%s",
+ 						  fmtId(attname));
+ 		
+ 		resetPQExpBuffer(query);
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(query, "COMMENT ON %s IS ", target->data);
+ 		appendStringLiteralAH(query, descr, fout);
+ 		appendPQExpBuffer(query, ";\n");
+ 
+ 		ArchiveEntry(fout, nilCatalogId, createDumpId(),
+ 					 target->data,
+ 					 tinfo->dobj.namespace->dobj.name,
+ 					 NULL,
+ 					 tinfo->rolname,
+ 					 false, "COMMENT", SECTION_NONE, query->data, "", NULL,
+ 					 &(tinfo->dobj.dumpId), 1,
+ 					 NULL, NULL);
+ 
+ 		comments++;
+ 		ncomments--;
+ 	}
+ 	destroyPQExpBuffer(attrquery);
+ 	destroyPQExpBuffer(query);
+ 	destroyPQExpBuffer(target);
+ 	PQclear(res);
  }
  
+ 
  /*
   * dumpShellType
   *	  writes out to fout the queries to create a shell type