| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Mike Castle <dalgoda(at)ix(dot)netcom(dot)com> |
| Cc: | pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: DESC |
| Date: | 2000-11-22 19:16:53 |
| Message-ID: | 12292.974920613@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Mike Castle <dalgoda(at)ix(dot)netcom(dot)com> writes:
> If so, is "DESCRIBE" the ANSI command that should do what \d does or does
> it serve another purpose in ANSI?
The only use of DESCRIBE that I can find in the SQL92 spec is
<describe statement> ::=
<describe input statement>
| <describe output statement>
<describe input statement> ::=
DESCRIBE INPUT <SQL statement name> <using descriptor>
<describe output statement> ::=
DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <SQL statement name> <using descriptor>
Obtain information about the <select list> columns or <dynamic
parameter specification>s contained in a prepared statement.
which doesn't appear to overlap \d's functionality at all...
regards, tom lane
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