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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: barry kimelman <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: postgresql rookie needs help with system catalog
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 10:33:33 -0500
Message-ID: <[email protected]> (raw)
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barry kimelman <[email protected]> writes:
> I am trying to come up with a query of the system catalog tables to give me
> the same info as the psql command "\d tablename"

A useful trick here is to start psql with the -E option, which will
cause it to echo the actual queries it sends for backslash commands.

			regards, tom lane





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