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SHOW

Shows the value of a system configuration parameter.

Synopsis ​

SHOW <configuration_parameter>

SHOW ALL

Description ​

SHOW displays the current settings of WarehousePG cluster configuration parameters. You can set these parameters with the SET statement, or by editing the postgresql.conf configuration file of the WarehousePG coordinator. Note that some parameters viewable by SHOW are read-only — their values can be viewed but not set. See the WarehousePG Reference Guide for details.

Parameters ​

configuration_parameter ​

The name of a system configuration parameter.

ALL ​

Shows the current value of all configuration parameters.

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
------
 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)

Compatibility ​

SHOW is a WarehousePG extension.

See Also ​

SET, RESET

Parent topic: SQL Commands