On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 14:27, Richard Broersma Jr wrote:
> > I am very new to PostgreSQL. Is it appropriate to pose questions to this
> > email list?
> > I am trying to come up with a query that will list the names of the database
> > indexes that
> >
> > Have been chosen as clustering indexes. I know I can get the INDEXRELID
> > from PG.INDEX
> >
> > But have yet to figure out how to get the index name from there. Any help
> > would be appreciated.
> >
> > And, if this is not an appropriate forum to ask questions please tell me.
>
> I assume this is an appropiate list for this question. I am sure that pg_general would have
> worked also. With-out knowing the postgresql pg_* schema very well I can be difficult to
> determine queries that will give your this sort of information. In my case I like to cheat.
>
> 1) I turn on statement logging.
> 2) I issue a commands like \d from psql interface
> 3) Then, I look at the pg_logs to see what sql statement was actually created from "\d"
Easier way to cheat:
psql -E dbname
then all the \d commands and what not will spill their secrets right on
the screen. :)
