Thread: Where are user defined functions stored?

If I write a rule, I can easily see it by doing

select * from pg_rules;

and I also get to see all the rules I have created for my database.  How can I easily get to see the definition of a
userdefined function please?  I've searched through the online manual but failed to find the answer.
 

TAI
Hilary

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Hilary Forbes <hforbes@dmr.co.uk> writes:
> How can I easily get to see the definition of a user defined function
> please?

Look in pg_proc.
        regards, tom lane

Tom

Many thanks.  Suppose I now want to know if there are any user defined functions set up in my database?  I was rather
hopingI could do something simple like
 

\df

to get a list of **user** defined functions rather as \dt gives me a list of my tables and not the complete list of all
thesystem tables as well.  Is there a way of achieving this?
 

Hilary

At 10:40 23/09/2005 -0400, you wrote:

>Hilary Forbes <hforbes@dmr.co.uk> writes:
>> How can I easily get to see the definition of a user defined function
>> please?
>
>Look in pg_proc.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>
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Hilary Forbes <hforbes@dmr.co.uk> writes:
> Many thanks.  Suppose I now want to know if there are any user defined functions set up in my database?  I was rather
hopingI could do something simple like
 
> \df
> to get a list of **user** defined functions rather as \dt gives me a list of my tables and not the complete list of
allthe system tables as well.  Is there a way of achieving this?
 

You could do something like\df public.*
although if your functions are scattered through a bunch of different
schemas it'd get a bit tedious.  Or try looking at the catalog for
yourself, eg

select oid::regprocedure, prosrc from pg_proc
where pronamespace != (select oid from pg_namespace                      where nspname = 'pg_catalog');

This essentially implements the rule "system functions are those in
pg_catalog".  You might want to exclude stuff in information_schema
as well.
        regards, tom lane