| From: | Willie Northway <willn(at)diamondbullet(dot)com> |
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| To: | harrold(at)sage(dot)che(dot)pitt(dot)edu |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: exploring data |
| Date: | 2001-06-27 18:34:20 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.10.10106271430500.25110-100000@spiderman.diamondbullet.com |
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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 harrold(at)sage(dot)che(dot)pitt(dot)edu wrote:
> normally when postgres is started you tell it the database.
Is there a way to just start the postgres client, and switch databases
after seeing what is available? Or would I have to connect using a dummy
database, browse, then switch?
> then to show the tables
> dbname=# \d
this definitely helps, thanks.
> i dont know how to list the available databaes.
I started browsing the source code, and found \l (as in L) lists the
databases.
- Willie
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