SHOW(7) | PostgreSQL 16.3 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 ... . . . 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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