Re: PostgreSQL System Views or Dictionary Tables

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Diego Grampin <dgrampin(at)tilsor(dot)com(dot)uy>
Cc: "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PostgreSQL System Views or Dictionary Tables
Date: 2018-08-16 21:12:02
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYUQO5w2ZR1iZ-P+atO+-icKdE2_x9G9h=HXkNbtUEiBA@mail.gmail.com
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Diego Grampin <dgrampin(at)tilsor(dot)com(dot)uy>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I'm new at PostgreSQL, but known Oracle since ten years ago.
>
> In PostgreSQL, where can i found system views or dictionary tables (v$*,
> dba_* at oracle) or structural dba tables ?. And comand prompt parameters
> of the database (show param X at Oracle) ?
> The porpose of this is to familiarized with the structure of Postgresql
> databases.
>
> *My test environment:* Windows physical server machine intel x86-64
> architecture with PostgreSQL Database version 10.5 and pgAdmin 4 version
> 3.2 .
>

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/10/static/index.html

Section VII is internals - the "structural dba tables" are termed "System
Catalogs" in PostgreSQL.

David J.

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