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+<!--
+doc/src/sgml/ref/show.sgml
+PostgreSQL documentation
+-->
+
+<refentry id="sql-show">
+ <indexterm zone="sql-show">
+ <primary>SHOW</primary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <refmeta>
+ <refentrytitle>SHOW</refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo>SQL - Language Statements</refmiscinfo>
+ </refmeta>
+
+ <refnamediv>
+ <refname>SHOW</refname>
+ <refpurpose>show the value of a run-time parameter</refpurpose>
+ </refnamediv>
+
+ <refsynopsisdiv>
+<synopsis>
+SHOW <replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable>
+SHOW ALL
+</synopsis>
+ </refsynopsisdiv>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Description</title>
+
+ <para>
+ <command>SHOW</command> will display the current setting of
+ run-time parameters. These variables can be set using the
+ <command>SET</command> statement, by editing the
+ <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> configuration file, through
+ the <envar>PGOPTIONS</envar> environmental variable (when using
+ <application>libpq</application> or a <application>libpq</application>-based
+ application), or through command-line flags when starting the
+ <command>postgres</command> server. See <xref
+ linkend="runtime-config"/> for details.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Parameters</title>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><replaceable class="parameter">name</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of a run-time parameter. Available parameters are
+ documented in <xref linkend="runtime-config"/> and on the <xref
+ linkend="sql-set"/> reference page. In
+ addition, there are a few parameters that can be shown but not
+ set:
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>SERVER_VERSION</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Shows the server's version number.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>SERVER_ENCODING</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>LC_COLLATE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>LC_CTYPE</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>IS_SUPERUSER</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ True if the current role has superuser privileges.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist></para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>ALL</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show the values of all configuration parameters, with descriptions.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Notes</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The function <function>current_setting</function> produces
+ equivalent output; see <xref linkend="functions-admin-set"/>.
+ Also, the
+ <link linkend="view-pg-settings"><structname>pg_settings</structname></link>
+ system view produces the same information.
+
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Examples</title>
+
+ <para>
+ Show the current setting of the parameter <varname>DateStyle</varname>:
+
+<programlisting>
+SHOW DateStyle;
+ DateStyle
+-----------
+ ISO, MDY
+(1 row)
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Show the current setting of the parameter <varname>geqo</varname>:
+<programlisting>
+SHOW geqo;
+ geqo
+------
+ on
+(1 row)
+</programlisting>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Show all settings:
+<programlisting>
+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)
+</programlisting></para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Compatibility</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The <command>SHOW</command> command is a
+ <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> extension.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>See Also</title>
+
+ <simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-set"/></member>
+ <member><xref linkend="sql-reset"/></member>
+ </simplelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
+</refentry>