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 17, Coordinator and Datanode Configuration, in the documentation for details.
PARAMETERS
name
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The name of a run-time parameter. Available parameters are documented in
Chapter 17, Coordinator and Datanode Configuration, in the documentation
and on the
SET(7)
reference page. In addition, there are a few parameters that can be shown but not set:
SERVER_VERSION
- Shows the server's version number.
SERVER_ENCODING
- Shows the server-side character set encoding. At present, this parameter can be shown but not set, because the encoding is determined at database creation time.
LC_COLLATE
- Shows the database's locale setting for collation (text ordering). At present, this parameter can be shown but not set, because the setting is determined at database creation time.
LC_CTYPE
- Shows the database's locale setting for character classification. At present, this parameter can be shown but not set, because the setting is determined at database creation time.
IS_SUPERUSER
- True if the current role has superuser privileges.
ALL
- Show the values of all configuration parameters, with descriptions.
NOTES
The function current_setting produces equivalent output; see Section 9.26, "System Administration Functions", in the documentation. Also, the pg_settings system view produces the same information.
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Note
The following description applies only to Postgres-XC
Postgres-XC only shows local settings. This restriction may be solved in the future releases.
EXAMPLES
Show the current setting of the parameter DateStyle:
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SHOW DateStyle; DateStyle ----------- ISO, MDY (1 row)
Show the current setting of the parameter geqo:
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SHOW geqo; geqo ------ on (1 row)
Show all settings:
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SHOW ALL; name | setting | description -------------------------+---------+------------------------------------------------- allow_system_table_mods | off | Allows modifications of the structure of ... . . . 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.