diff --git a/doc/FAQ b/doc/FAQ index 1545986e69f..791cfbd9d37 100644 --- a/doc/FAQ +++ b/doc/FAQ @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL - Last updated: Wed Apr 17 22:48:04 EDT 2002 + Last updated: Thu Apr 18 00:44:51 EDT 2002 Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us) @@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ 4.5) What is the maximum size for a row, a table, and a database? 4.6) How much database disk space is required to store data from a typical text file? - 4.7) How do I find out what tables or indexes are defined in the - database? + 4.7) How do I find out what tables, indexes, databases, and users are + defined? 4.8) My queries are slow or don't make use of the indexes. Why? 4.9) How do I see how the query optimizer is evaluating my query? 4.10) What is an R-tree index? @@ -697,10 +697,12 @@ Indexes do not require as much overhead, but do contain the data that is being indexed, so they can be large also. - 4.7) How do I find out what tables or indexes are defined in the database? + 4.7) How do I find out what tables, indexes, databases, and users are + defined? psql has a variety of backslash commands to show such information. Use - \? to see them. + \? to see them. There are also system tables beginning with pg_ that + describe these too. Also, psql -l will list all databases. Also try the file pgsql/src/tutorial/syscat.source. It illustrates many of the SELECTs needed to get information from the database system diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 3e37b28b2f6..8f0dbb11bbc 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ alink="#0000ff">
Last updated: Wed Apr 17 22:48:04 EDT 2002
+Last updated: Thu Apr 18 00:44:51 EDT 2002
Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (pgman@candle.pha.pa.us)
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@
table, and a database?
4.6) How much database disk space is required
to store data from a typical text file?
- 4.7) How do I find out what tables or indexes
- are defined in the database?
+ 4.7) How do I find out what tables, indexes,
+ databases, and users are defined?
4.8) My queries are slow or don't make use of
the indexes. Why?
4.9) How do I see how the query optimizer is
@@ -893,11 +893,13 @@
Indexes do not require as much overhead, but do contain the data that is being indexed, so they can be large also.
-psql has a variety of backslash commands to show such - information. Use \? to see them.
+ information. Use \? to see them. There are also system tables + beginning with pg_ that describe these too. Also, psql + -l will list all databases.Also try the file pgsql/src/tutorial/syscat.source. It illustrates many of the SELECTs needed to get