| From: | Richard Huxton <dev(at)archonet(dot)com> |
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| To: | laurie(dot)burrow(at)powerconv(dot)alstom(dot)com |
| Cc: | postgresql <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: How to find out about the functions supported in Postgres |
| Date: | 2005-01-27 12:13:19 |
| Message-ID: | 41F8DADF.6000507@archonet.com |
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laurie(dot)burrow(at)powerconv(dot)alstom(dot)com wrote:
> In another thread (Re: [GENERAL] Return value of 'serial' column on insert)
> Bruno Wolff wrote
>
> ...
>
>>You can use the currval function to get the id. Normally the sequence
>>will have a name like table_column_seq. In 8.0, there is a function
>>you can use to get the sequence name, which is a bit more robust than
>>hard coding it.
>
>
> This sounds well useful. How do I find out what the functions available in
> Postgres 8 are, and what their usage and calling parameters are?
The manuals are online at http://www.postgresql.org/ and come with most
installations.
As a quick reminder, you can do "\df foo*" in psql to check functions
that start with "foo".
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Richard Huxton
Archonet Ltd
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