Re: Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword??? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Philip Hallstrom
Subject Re: Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword???
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Msg-id 20011214154612.J778-100000@teak.adhesivemedia.com
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In response to Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword???  ("Peter E. Chen" <pchen3@jhmi.edu>)
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while in psql type:

\d tablename

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On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Peter E. Chen wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I'm trying to display the schema to various tables.  In most other
> databases, you can use the DESCRIBE keyword or the SHOW keyword (I believe
> this is a SQL99 keyword).  Is there an equivalent in PostgresQL?
>
> Also, does PostgresQL have an equivalent to the following:
>
> SHOW CREATE TABLE table_name
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Peter
>
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