Tom Lane wrote:
>
> Boulat Khakimov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Here is a nifty query I came up with
> > that provides a detailed information on any row of any table.
> > Something that is build into mySQL (DESC tablename fieldname)
> > but not into PG.
>
> Er, what's wrong with psql's "\d table" ?
Hi,
1) "\d table" can only be used in psql, you cant run a query like that
using libpq for example
2) as a programmer I need to be able to find out as much info as
possible about any given field
which is what "describe" for in mySQL.
Regards,
Boulat Khakimov
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