I'm not familiar with oracle but the command I think you're looking for is
explain.
Eugene <eugene(at)l_serv(dot)scihome(dot)com> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I want to know if there is anything in PostgreSQL like 'DESCRIBE'
> in Oracle. Thanks.
>
> Eugene