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<H1>Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for PostgreSQL</H1> |
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<P>Last updated: Wed Apr 17 22:48:04 EDT 2002</P> |
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<P>Last updated: Thu Apr 18 00:44:51 EDT 2002</P> |
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<P>Current maintainer: Bruce Momjian (<A href= |
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"mailto:pgman@candle.pha.pa.us">pgman@candle.pha.pa.us</A>)<BR> |
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table, and a database?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.6">4.6</A>) How much database disk space is required |
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to store data from a typical text file?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.7">4.7</A>) How do I find out what tables or indexes |
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are defined in the database?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.7">4.7</A>) How do I find out what tables, indexes, |
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databases, and users are defined?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.8">4.8</A>) My queries are slow or don't make use of |
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the indexes. Why?<BR> |
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<A href="#4.9">4.9</A>) How do I see how the query optimizer is |
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<P>Indexes do not require as much overhead, but do contain the data |
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that is being indexed, so they can be large also.</P> |
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<H4><A name="4.7">4.7</A>) How do I find out what tables or indexes |
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are defined in the database?</H4> |
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<H4><A name="4.7">4.7</A>) How do I find out what tables, indexes, |
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databases, and users are defined?</H4> |
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<P><I>psql</I> has a variety of backslash commands to show such |
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information. Use \? to see them.</P> |
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information. Use \? to see them. There are also system tables |
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beginning with <i>pg_</i> that describe these too. Also, <i>psql |
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-l</i> will list all databases.</P> |
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<P>Also try the file <I>pgsql/src/tutorial/syscat.source</I>. It |
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illustrates many of the <SMALL>SELECT</SMALL>s needed to get |
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