--Query to get a list of views and thier definitions in a database:
SELECT VIEWNAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE,DEFINITION FROM _V_VIEW WHERE OBJTYPE='VIEW'; --Query to get a list of tables in a database: SELECT TABLENAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE FROM _V_TABLE WHERE OBJTYPE='TABLE'; --Query to get a list of columns from a table or a view: SELECT ATTNUM,ATTNAME FROM _V_RELATION_COLUMN WHERE NAME=UPPER('<TABLE NAME>') ORDER BY ATTNUM ASC; --Query to get list of user groups on the box: SELECT GROUPNAME,OWNER,CREATEDATE,ROWLIMIT,SESSIONTIMEOUT, QUERYTIMEOUT,DEF_PRIORITY,MAX_PRIORITY FROM _V_GROUP; --Query to get list of users and the groups they are in, on the box: SELECT GROUPNAME,OWNER,USERNAME FROM _V_GROUPUSERS; (Does not give any LDAP users in this query) --Query to find the number of rows in a table without actually querying the tabl e: --(Sometimes needed for some really huge tables of rowcount > 80 Billion) SELECT RELNAME TABLE_NAME, CASE WHEN RELTUPLES < 0 THEN ((2^32) * RELREFS) + ((2^32) + RELTUPLES ) ELSE ((2^32) * RELREFS) + ( RELTUPLES ) END NUM_ROWS FROM _T_CLASS, _T_OBJECT WHERE _T_OBJECT.OBJID=_T_CLASS.OID AND _T_OBJECT.OBJCLASS=4905 -- DISPLAY ONLY TABLES AND RELNAME = UPPER('<TABLE NAME>'); --Query to check if any of the SPU's are running slower than the rest: --(This actually gives the read-write speed of each SPU that is online) SELECT HWID, BYTE_COUNT/TOTAL_MSEC FROM _VT_DISK_TIMING ORDER BY 2; --One more query.. To get the list of tables and thier skew and size: SELECT TABLENAME,OBJTYPE,OWNER,CREATEDATE,USED_BYTES/(1073741824) SIZE_IN_GB,SKE W FROM _V_TABLE_ONLY_STORAGE_STAT WHERE TABLENAME = '<TABLE NAME>' AND OBJCLASS = 4905 OR OBJCLASS = 4911 ORDER BY TABLENAME; --Use \dt in nzsql session to get the list tables \dv to get list of views \dmv - list of materialized views \l - list of databases \dg - list of groups \du - list of users \dpu - permissions set to a user \dT - list of datatypes \d <tablename> - describes the table \act - show current active sessions \d - describe table(or view,sequence) \dt , \dv , \ds , \de - list tables,views,sequences,temp tables \dSt , \dSv - list system tables and views \df - list functions \l - list databases \dT - list data types \du - list users \dg - list groups \dpu - list permissions granted to a user \dpg - list permissions granged to a group select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA_CATALOG_NAME select * from SCHEMATA select * from DOMAINS select * from TABLES where table_type = 'TABLE' select * from VIEWS where table_catalog = 'CELLOSDB' select * from TABLE_CONSTRAINTS select * from COLUMNS where table_catalog = 'CELLOSDB' and table_name = 'ALL_CON TENT_CSV' order by ORDINAL_POSITION select * from SEQUENCES select * from ROUTINES where SPECIFIC_CATALOG = 'CELLOSDB' and ROUTINE_TYPE = 'P ROCEDURE'