How to view the create table statement in PostgreSQL?

In PostgreSQL, you can use the \d+ command to view the create table statement of a specified table.

The specific steps are as follows:

  1. Open the command line interface of PostgreSQL or use graphical interface tools like pgAdmin to connect to the database.
  2. Enter the following command in the command line interface to view the creation statement of the table:
  3. Table name consisting of one or more digits.
  4. The table name is the name of the table for which the create table statement is being viewed.
  5. After executing the command, the table’s create table statement will be displayed, including information such as the table’s name, column definitions, and constraints.
  6. The example output is as follows:
  7. Table “public.table_name”
    Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default | Storage | Stats target | Description
    ————+———+———–+———-+———+———-+————–+————-
    id | integer | | not null | | plain | |
    name | text | | | | extended | |
    created_at | date | | | | plain | |
    updated_at | date | | | | plain | |
    Indexes:
    “table_name_pkey” PRIMARY KEY, btree (id)
  8. The above example output contains information such as the table name, column definitions, and indexes.

Important notes:

  1. To use the \d+ command, you need to have read access to the table being queried.
  2. If the command \d+ does not work in the command line interface, you can try using the \d table_name command to view the structure of the table.
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