Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 17:47:53 +0200
From: Andreas Kretschmer <akretschmer@spamfence.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: show index from [table]
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Stefan Zweig <stefanzweig1881@web.de> schrieb:

> hi list,
> 
> currently i am switching from mysql to pgsql, so i am a bit new to
> postgres' syntax.

You are welcome.

> 
> at the moment i am looking in postgres for something which is similar
> to SHOW INDEX FROM [table] in mysql. unfortunately i could not find
> anything satisfying relating to this issue. 
> 
> i have found out, that there is the -di option with psql.

Yes, right.

> 
> but actually i would need the information from within a (postgres)
> sql-query. is there a possibility to get information about the indices
> which have been created on a table?

Yes, of corse. Please start psql with the -E - option. Now you can see
the underlying sql-statement for commands like \di.


Andreas
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