Re: querying for specs?

On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:30:31PM -0800, mjbjr(at)beaudesign(dot)com wrote:
> I'm new to sql and to postgres. I've spent quite a bit of time trying to
> determine answers to the following questions, but have been unsuccessful.
>
> Say you work at a small company, and the person who was db admin dies
> suddenly. How do you:

Question: Did you read the little help message that pops up when you start
psql?

> 1) determine what db's postgres knows about?

psql -l

> 2) how do you determine what tables exist, if any, in a given db?

\d

> 3) how do you determine the structure/specification (not the data) of a table?

\d [tablename]

You can use pg_dump -s to extract all the grotty details if oyu like.

HTH,
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