describe command - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Merrill Oveson
Subject describe command
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Msg-id 38F24220.522B967A@actiontarget.com
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Responses Re: describe command  (Charles Tassell <ctassell@isn.net>)
List pgsql-general
Postgresql:

Oracle has a command "describe"

e.g.

"describe cars" or  "desc cars"

where cars is the name of the table.

this command  describes the attributes of a table.

e.g.

Name        Null        Type                Constraint
------------------------------
VIN                           char(20)        Primary key
Make        Not Null   varchar(20)
Model                        varchar(20)

Does Postgresql have anything similar?
I could find the command "describe" anywhere in the documentation.

Merrill


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