Re: data dictionary?

yes- I figured that was the case and why I sent it to novice ;-)

I am referring to the the system tables (in Oracle the sql would be something
like select * from user_tables".

Thanks-
Beth

"D. Duccini" wrote:

> if you can see them with \dt you can execute SQL against them ;)
>
> unless you're talking about system tables
>
> On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Beth Gatewood wrote:
>
> > Hi-
> >
> > New to PostGreSQL...previously used Oracle.
> >
> > Could someone please tell me where the Data Dictionary is located?
> > Specifically, I want to get a list of tables. I know about the \dt
> > command but I would like to see where this is actually stored (so that I
> >
> > can execute SQL against it).
> >
> > TIA-
> >
> > Beth
> >
>
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