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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:17:12 -0700
From: Joshua Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
To: isabella.ghiurea@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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Subject: Re: system catalog views + tables
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On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 13:11:38 -0700
Isabella Ghiurea <isabella.ghiurea@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca> wrote:

> Hello,
> How can I see all system catalog tables and views , I'm in potsgres
> db ( using PG 8.3).
> Is there a way to have /get a full list and description of  system  
> tables and views  in kind of  hard copy format, same as Oracle or
> RDBMS posters for system catalogs objects?
> thank you,
> Isabella
> 

The documentation?

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/information-schema.html

If you are in psql you can also do:

\d pg_ <tab> <tab>

Joshua D. Drake

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