Mike Castle <dalgoda@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> If so, is "DESCRIBE" the ANSI command that should do what \d does or does
> it serve another purpose in ANSI?
The only use of DESCRIBE that I can find in the SQL92 spec is
<describe statement> ::=
<describe input statement>
| <describe output statement>
<describe input statement> ::=
DESCRIBE INPUT <SQL statement name> <using descriptor>
<describe output statement> ::=
DESCRIBE [ OUTPUT ] <SQL statement name> <using descriptor>
Obtain information about the <select list> columns or <dynamic
parameter specification>s contained in a prepared statement.
which doesn't appear to overlap \d's functionality at all...
regards, tom lane