| From: | Boulat Khakimov <boulat(at)inet-interactif(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: MySQLs Describe emulator! |
| Date: | 2001-03-06 14:14:54 |
| Message-ID: | 3AA4F0DE.D96BA904@inet-interactif.com |
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Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Boulat Khakimov <boulat(at)inet-interactif(dot)com> writes:
> > Here is a nifty query I came up with
> > that provides a detailed information on any row of any table.
> > Something that is build into mySQL (DESC tablename fieldname)
> > but not into PG.
>
> Er, what's wrong with psql's "\d table" ?
Hi,
1) "\d table" can only be used in psql, you cant run a query like that
using libpq for example
2) as a programmer I need to be able to find out as much info as
possible about any given field
which is what "describe" for in mySQL.
Regards,
Boulat Khakimov
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