NAME
SHOW - show the value of a run-time parameter
SYNOPSIS
SHOW \nname\n
SHOW ALLDESCRIPTION
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 19 for details.
PARAMETERS
name
SERVER_VERSION
SERVER_ENCODING
IS_SUPERUSER
ALL
NOTES
The function current_setting produces equivalent output; see Section 9.28.1. Also, the pg_settings system view produces the same information.
EXAMPLES
Show the current setting of the parameter DateStyle:
SHOW DateStyle;
\n
DateStyle
-----------
\n
ISO, MDY
(1 row)Show the current setting of the parameter geqo:
SHOW geqo;
\n
geqo
------
\n
on
(1 row)Show all settings:
SHOW ALL;
\n
name | setting | description
-------------------------+---------+-------------------------------------------------
\n
allow_system_table_mods | off | Allows modifications of the structure of ...
\n
.
\n
.
\n
.
\n
xmloption | content | Sets whether XML data in implicit parsing ...
\n
zero_damaged_pages | off | Continues processing past damaged page headers.
(196 rows)COMPATIBILITY
The SHOW command is a PostgreSQL extension.
SEE ALSO
SET(7), RESET(7)