Try:
\d tablename for DESCRIBE functionality
\dt for SHOW TABLES functionality.
Hope that helps,
Eric
----- Original Message -----
From: "Wolfgang Draxinger" <wdraxinger@darkstargames.de>
To: <pgsql-novice@postgresql.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 2:44 PM
Subject: [NOVICE] Migration from MySQL, some difficulties with DESCRIBE and
SHOW
> I just migrated to PostgreSQL since this offers a few features I needes
> ugently, especially subqueries. However I got to stuck with DESCRIBE and
> SHOW commands. Are those not avaliable, or have they some special
behaviour?
> When trying a SHOW TABLES; I just get an error.
>
> Wolfgang
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