Shows the value of a system configuration parameter.
SHOW <configuration_parameter>
SHOW ALL
SHOW
displays the current settings of Greenplum Database system configuration parameters. You can set these parameters with the SET
statement, or by editing the postgresql.conf
configuration file of the Greenplum Database master. Note that some parameters viewable by SHOW
are read-only — their values can be viewed but not set. See the Greenplum Database Reference Guide for details.
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
------
off
(1 row)
Show the current setting of all parameters:
SHOW ALL;
name | setting | description
------------------+---------+----------------------------------------------------
application_name | psql | Sets the application name to be reported in sta...
.
.
.
xmlbinary | base64 | Sets how binary values are to be encoded in XML.
xmloption | content | Sets whether XML data in implicit parsing and s...
(331 rows)
SHOW
is a Greenplum Database extension.
Parent topic: SQL Commands