Re: How to display structure of a table

From: Chris Green <chris(at)areti(dot)co(dot)uk>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: How to display structure of a table
Date: 2004-11-25 11:27:59
Message-ID: 20041125112758.GB824@areti.co.uk
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On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 10:47:33AM +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 25, 2004 at 04:08:30PM +0530, Nageshwar Rao wrote:
> > I have created a table and would like to display the structure to find
> > out datatype and length.
> >
> > Just like in Oracle describe table_name;
>
> in psql:-
>
> \dt
>
That's "\dt <tablename>" of course.

> Basically the \d commands in psql give you much of what DESCRIBE does
> for Oracle and mysql. \? to see all the \ commands.
>

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