Re: DOCS - "\d mytable" also shows any publications that publish mytable

From: Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: DOCS - "\d mytable" also shows any publications that publish mytable
Date: 2025-12-23 08:28:18
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> On Dec 23, 2025, at 05:07, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> I was looking at "\d" documentation yesterday.
>
> The psql table describe (e.g. "\d mytable") will display a list of any
> "Publications:" that are publishing the specified table. Somehow, this
> ability had escaped being mentioned in the psql reference
> documentation.
>
> Here is a trivial patch to fix that omission.
>
> ======
> Kind Regards,
> Peter Smith.
> Fujitsu Australia
> <v1-0001-DOCS-psql-describe-table-can-list-publications.patch>

Not only publication, “\d table_name” also shows partition information:

```
evantest=# \d t_part;
Partitioned table "public.t_part"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
id | integer | | |
val | integer | | |
Partition key: RANGE (id)
Publications:
"mypub"
Number of partitions: 3 (Use \d+ to list them.)

evantest=# \d t_part_p1;
Table "public.t_part_p1"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
--------+---------+-----------+----------+---------
id | integer | | |
val | integer | | |
Partition of: t_part FOR VALUES FROM (0) TO (100)
```

As you updating this section, you may add “partition info” as well.

Best regards,
--
Chao Li (Evan)
HighGo Software Co., Ltd.
https://www.highgo.com/

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