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Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword???

From
"Peter E. Chen"
Date:
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

Re: Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword???

From
Philip Hallstrom
Date:
while in psql type:

\d tablename

(don't add a semicolon)

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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Re: Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE keyword???

From
Andrew Gould
Date:
In psql, enter \d [table name].

Best of luck,

Andrew Gould

--- "Peter E. Chen" <pchen3@jhmi.edu> 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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> broadcast)---------------------------
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Re: Is there a PostgresQL equivalent to the DESCRIBE

From
"Andrew G. Hammond"
Date:
If you want to see the SQL that psql uses to do this, \set ECHO_HIDDEN
or start psql with the -E option.

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 19:09, Andrew Gould wrote:
> In psql, enter \d [table name].
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Andrew Gould
>
> --- "Peter E. Chen" <pchen3@jhmi.edu> 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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> > broadcast)---------------------------
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>
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