Re: Displaying keys and triggers of tables?

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 11:16:11AM +0200, Mads Orbesen Troest wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could someone tell me how to get more information from a previously created
> table in Postgres; "\d table" doesn't show defined primary key, foreign keys
> and their implied triggers and I can't seem to find a way to obtain this
> information. Surely, it is possible to get a fuller table description?
>
> I'm new to Postgres, so please bear with me. :-)

we all were, at some point--

try

    psql -E my_db_name

and then

    \d some_tbl_name
    \d view_name
    \d sequence_name_seq

it'll get you started on how the system tables can work...

also see postgresql-doc/html/postgres/extend18864.htm (on my
debian system that's under /usr/share/doc/ ) for an overview of
postgres system tables.

but for specifics as what you're after, try creating a small
database (two tables should do) with primary keys, foreign keys,
sequences and maybe even a couple of explicit triggers, then

    pg_dump testdb > schema_to_dissect.sql

give that a look and you'll be busy for days!

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