Re: SQL question

From: Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com>
To: "Guillaume Houssay" <ghoussay(at)noos(dot)fr>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL question
Date: 2003-06-10 07:04:10
Message-ID: 200306100804.10644.dev@archonet.com
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On Monday 09 Jun 2003 2:30 pm, Guillaume Houssay wrote:
> I found a way to have the list of all the tables for my database.
>
> Now, I would like to get the name of the columns of any table.
> I could not find the SQL command to do that.
>
> Thank you for you help

In psql there are a number of backslash commands - you might find the
following useful:

\d
\dt
\dv
\d mytable1
\d my*

If you start psql with the -E flag you'll see the SQL that's used to run
these. See "man psql" or the manuals for more info.

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Richard Huxton

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