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Date: Sun, 26 Jun 1994 21:01:36 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Haskell <danh@teleport.com>
Subject: something like Ingres "help" command?
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Here's pair of good newbie question:

Is there a Postgres equivalent to the Ingres "help" command?  That is, a 
command that will display the structure of a class. 

How something like the Ingres "range"?  Is there a way to establish an 
alias for a class?

						Thanks in advance,
						Dan Haskell

"Sire, plague and pestilence stalk the land like, er, two huge stalking things."
					- Black Adder III

email: danh@teleport.com                                  vox: (503) 257-9042


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