Re: get table schema in psql?

doh!

thanks so much. somehow I thought \h and \? were the
same, and I've only been doing \h :)

no wonder I couldn't find it.

michael

--- Patrik Kudo <kudo(at)partitur(dot)se> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I think what you're looking for is
>
> \d
>
> and
>
> \d name_of_table
>
> You might also want to try
>
> \?
>
> for a list of all psql commands
>
> Regards,
> Patrik Kudo
>
> ech`echo xiun|tr nu oc|sed 'sx\([sx]\)\([xoi]\)xo
> un\2\1 is xg'`ol
> Knns det oklart? Frga p!
>
> On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Michael Teter wrote:
>
> > how can I get the schema of a table in psql?
> >
> > in oracle I would do "desc tablename". I remember
> sql
> > server and ingres having a similar facility.
> >
> > right now the only way I seem to be able to get
> the
> > information is by using pgaccess.
> >
> > I realize the definition of the table is probably
> > spread across the various pg_ system tables, but
> I'm
> > thinking there must be some easier way to get the
> > info.
> >
> > in particular, I'm after the list of columns,
> their
> > data types and lengths, null/non-null, default
> values,
> > and table indices.
> >
> > thanks,
> > michael
> >
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