POSTGRESQL

Selecting a database in PostgresSQL

  1. open psql psql -U pg
  2. list databases \list or \l
  3. select a database \connect DBNAME or \c DBNAME
  4. list all database tables \dt using the search_path
    1. list all database tables regardless of search_path by \dt *.
    2. describe the table to see schema \d TABLE_NAME
    3. more info with \d+
  5. show data select * from TABLE