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From: Frank Bax <fbax@sympatico.ca>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 'show databases' in psql way?
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2004 07:23:54 -0500
Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.0.20041101072247.03e4c3c0@pop6.sympatico.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200411011313.10872.erik.wasser@iquer.net>

At 07:13 AM 11/1/04, Erik Wasser wrote:
>how can I list the databases in a postgresish way? I know about the '-l'
>switch of 'psql' but is there a DBI/SQL-query way? I don't want to call
>an external program only to list the databases. I've googled about this
>problem but I only found the '-l'-way to this this.


The -e switch of psql will display queries behind commands.  So use this 
option, the use 'l' as a command instead of a switch.

Frank




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