Thanks for the responses. I found that I was using an older version of psql (one that got installed when I installed Cygwin on my windows box. I changed it so now the \d+ gives me the description but \d and \dt still gives me "No relations found" so I must be using those incorrectly. Thanks for the info on the old version. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.1045698.n5.nabble.com/How-to-list-and-describe-tables-in-psql-tp5785006p5785013.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - general mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general