On 10 May 2010, at 6:02, Boyd, Craig wrote: > I have been using PostgreSQL for a short while, but I have not had to use the pg_catalog tables before and the columns are a little cryptic to me. I think it ties to pg_class, but I am not sure how to relate them. Also, I have not had a chance to us the \dt function. Can you give me some pointers or point me to the docs? Why didn't you just try it? dalroi:solfertje > psql -E development Welcome to psql 8.3.9, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal. Type: \copyright for distribution terms \h for help with SQL commands \? for help with psql commands \g or terminate with semicolon to execute query \q to quit development=> \dt ********* QUERY ********** SELECT n.nspname as "Schema", c.relname as "Name", CASE c.relkind WHEN 'r' THEN 'table' WHEN 'v' THEN 'view' WHEN 'i' THEN 'index ' WHEN 'S' THEN 'sequence' WHEN 's' THEN 'special' END as "Type", r.rolname as "Owner" FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c JOIN pg_catalog.pg_roles r ON r.oid = c.relowner LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace WHERE c.relkind IN ('r','') AND n.nspname <> 'pg_catalog' AND n.nspname !~ '^pg_toast' AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid) ORDER BY 1,2; ************************** No relations found. > SPAMfighter has removed 1388 of my spam emails to date. You shouldn't be sending spam, you know ;) Or isn't that what's meant here? That's a pretty useless number anyhow, the spam filter I use (dspam) catches about that much in a weeks time for my account alone. Without a total or a starting date its just a meaningless number. Do you have any influence on what it prints under your messages? Alban Hertroys -- If you can't see the forest for the trees, cut the trees and you'll see there is no forest. !DSPAM:737,4be7da5510411734319221! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general