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 18, Server Configuration, in the documentation for details.

PARAMETERS

name
    The name of a run-time parameter. Available parameters are documented in Chapter 18, Server 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 9.24, “System Administration Functions”, in the documentation. 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
SET(7), RESET(7)