Re: SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called... - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From D. Duccini
Subject Re: SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called...
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In response to SHOW , DESCRIBE, oh what's it called...  ("Paul Fontenot" <paul@code-slinger.com>)
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\d tablename

On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Paul Fontenot wrote:

> 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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