Re: a very naive question about table names in Postgres - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Dave Cramer
Subject Re: a very naive question about table names in Postgres
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Msg-id CADK3HHJyFFQaF0qP58nbCPmaUYxN86mvTRKBnPj6NzfAd1m5iw@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: a very naive question about table names in Postgres  (Paul Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>)
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2021 at 16:25, Paul Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com> wrote:
On 12/31/21 12:27 PM, Martin Mueller wrote:
> I know that on my Mac the tables are  kept in the  data directory
> /Users/martinmueller/Library/Application Support/Postgres/var-13.  If I
> go there I see that internally the tables have numbers.  Somewhere in
> the system there must be a table that maps the name I gave to table X 
> to the numerical  inside the database.
>
> Where is that mapping and how can I query it?  On what page of the
> documentation do I find the answer?

Dear Prof. Mueller,



Everything you ever wanted to know is here


Enjoy the journey

Dave

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