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From Paul Fontenot
Subject SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called...
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Re: SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called...  ("Anthony E. Greene" <agreene@pobox.com>)
Re: SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called...  ("Karl F. Larsen" <k5di@zianet.com>)
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In MySQL you could issue a command:

describe my_table_name;

and it would come back with the columns, and their descriptions. What is the
equivalent command in postgresql? I have looked everywhere and am probly
just overlooking it by now.

Thanks,
    Paul

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