Re: Partition table in 9.0.x?

Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:45 AM, AJ Weber <aweber(at)comcast(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>> \d+ doesn't appear to display any size information.

> It does if you use it without an argument, to display all the tables
> in the search path:

> jjanes=# \d+
> List of relations
> Schema | Name | Type | Owner | Size | Description
> --------+------------------+-------+--------+---------+-------------
> public | pgbench_accounts | table | jjanes | 128 MB |
> public | pgbench_branches | table | jjanes | 40 kB |
> public | pgbench_history | table | jjanes | 0 bytes |
> public | pgbench_tellers | table | jjanes | 40 kB |
> (4 rows)

> It rather annoys me that you actually get less information (no size,
> no owner) when you use \d+ on a named table. I don't know if there is
> a reason for that feature, or if it was just an oversight.

This is actually an abbreviation for \dtisv+, which is a completely
different command from "\d table". You can use something like
"\dt+ table-pattern" to get a display of the above form for a subset
of tables. I agree it ain't too consistent.

regards, tom lane