Re: \d on database with a lot of tables is slow

"Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com> writes:
> Sorry, remembered it wrong. It's 'Did not find any relation named',
> which appears to be in bin/psql/describe.c. It does occur when trying to
> do a \d on a specific table.

Hmm, no immediate ideas.  You haven't provided a lot of context about
this --- when it happens, is it repeatable?  Are they giving an exact
table name or a pattern to \d?  Is a schema name included in what they
give to \d?  What PG version are they running exactly?
        regards, tom lane