Re: querying for specs?

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 05:31:55PM +1100, Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 09:30:31PM -0800, mjbjr@beaudesign.com wrote:
> > I'm new to sql and to postgres.  I've spent quite a bit of time trying to
> > determine answers to the following questions, but have been unsuccessful.
> >
> > Say you work at a small company, and the person who was db admin dies
> > suddenly.  How do you:
>
> Question: Did you read the little help message that pops up when you start
> psql?
>

Good point.  I have, actually, though that was sometime ago, before these
questions came to mind.  I have been searching 'sql' docs as of late.

For the most part, the slash commands will give me the answers I need.

Can you get the answers I'm looking for using 'sql' commands that would work
with any "standard" sql db engine?

> > 1) determine what db's postgres knows about?
>
> > 2) how do you determine what tables exist, if any, in a given db?
>
> > 3) how do you determine the structure/specification (not the data) of a table?

Thank you for your help.

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