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

> On Dec 24, 2025, at 06:20, Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM Chao Li <li(dot)evan(dot)chao(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>
> OK, I've added some text about partitions. See patch v2.
>
> ~~~
>
> TBH, the \d and \d+ partition output looked strange to me.
>
> test_pub=# \d+ tp
> Partitioned table "public.tp"
> Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage |
> Compression | Stats target | Description
> --------+---------+-----------+----------+---------+---------+-------------+--------------+-------------
> a | integer | | | | plain |
> | |
> Partition key: RANGE (a)
> Publications:
> "pub1"
> "pub3"
> Partitions: tp1 FOR VALUES FROM (1) TO (10),
> tp2 FOR VALUES FROM (10) TO (20)
>
> For example:
> a) Why isn't the "Partition key:" and "Partitions:" info kept together?

I guess it shows the plus stuff after the regular stuff.

> b) Why does the "Partitions:" list indentation look different?

Yeah, the list indentation should be identical.

>
> Anyway, those are questions for another thread and another year.
>
> ======
> Kind Regards,
> Peter Smith.
> Fujitsu Australia
> <v2-0001-DOCS-psql-describe-table-can-list-publications-an.patch>

V2 looks good to me.

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