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SHOW(7) | PostgreSQL 15.8 Documentation | SHOW(7) |
NAME¶
SHOW - show the value of a run-time parameter
SYNOPSIS¶
SHOW name SHOW ALL
DESCRIPTION¶
SHOW will display the current setting of run-time parameters. These variables can be set using the SET statement, by editing the postgresql.conf configuration file, through the PGOPTIONS environmental variable (when using libpq or a libpq-based application), or through command-line flags when starting the postgres server. See Chapter 20 for details.
PARAMETERS¶
name
SERVER_VERSION
SERVER_ENCODING
LC_COLLATE
LC_CTYPE
IS_SUPERUSER
ALL
NOTES¶
The function current_setting produces equivalent output; see Section 9.27.1. Also, the pg_settings system view produces the same information.
EXAMPLES¶
Show the current setting of the parameter DateStyle:
SHOW DateStyle;
DateStyle -----------
ISO, MDY (1 row)
Show the current setting of the parameter geqo:
SHOW geqo;
geqo ------
on (1 row)
Show all settings:
SHOW ALL;
name | setting | description -------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------
allow_system_table_mods | off | Allows modifications of the structure of ...
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xmloption | content | Sets whether XML data in implicit parsing ...
zero_damaged_pages | off | Continues processing past damaged page headers. (196 rows)
COMPATIBILITY¶
The SHOW command is a PostgreSQL extension.
SEE ALSO¶
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