SHOW

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 postmaster. See the section called ``Run-time Configuration'' in the documentation for details.

PARAMETERS

name

The name of a run-time parameter. Available parameters are documented in the section called ``Run-time Configuration'' in the documentation and on the SET [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 initdb 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 initdb time.
IS_SUPERUSER: True if the current session authorization identifier has superuser privileges.

ALL: Show the values of all configurations parameters.

NOTES

The function current_setting produces equivalent output. See the section called ``Miscellaneous Functions'' in the documentation.

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
-------------------------------+---------------------------------------
 australian_timezones          | off
 authentication_timeout        | 60
 checkpoint_segments           | 3
    .
    .
    .
 wal_debug                     | 0
 wal_sync_method               | fdatasync
(94 rows)

COMPATIBILITY

The SHOW command is a PostgreSQL extension.