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 Server Configuration for details.
Parameters
name : The name of a run-time parameter. Available parameters are documented in Server Configuration and on the sql-set 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.
`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 Configuration Settings Functions. 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.