How to find non-unique indexes in system tables

Started by Eric Johnsonover 18 years ago2 messagesgeneral
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#1Eric Johnson
ericlj63@gmail.com

I can find all the check constraints, primary keys and foreign keys in
the information schema, but I cannot find the non-unique indexes. Is
there anyplace to get that information (name, columns, etc)?

Sorry if this is an FAQ. I couldn't find it with Google.

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Eric Johnson

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#2Tom Lane
tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us
In reply to: Eric Johnson (#1)
Re: How to find non-unique indexes in system tables

"Eric Johnson" <ericlj63@gmail.com> writes:

I can find all the check constraints, primary keys and foreign keys in
the information schema, but I cannot find the non-unique indexes. Is
there anyplace to get that information (name, columns, etc)?

Not from the information_schema, because "index" is actually not a
concept in the SQL standard. Unique constraints are in the spec,
so you can see those via information_schema, but for other sorts
of indexes you have to look directly at the PG catalogs.

regards, tom lane