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Just a short note about listing indices of PostgreSQL databases.

To get a list of all indices execute the following:

SELECT
    t.relname AS table_name,
    i.relname AS index_name,
    a.attname AS column_name
FROM
    pg_class t,
    pg_class i,
    pg_index ix,
    pg_attribute a
WHERE
    t.oid = ix.indrelid
    AND i.oid = ix.indexrelid
    AND a.attrelid = t.oid
    AND a.attnum = ANY(ix.indkey)
    AND t.relkind = 'r'
ORDER BY
    t.relname,
    i.relname;

You can exclude indices of system tables by adding where clauses:

SELECT
    t.relname AS table_name,
    i.relname AS index_name,
    a.attname AS column_name
FROM
    pg_class t,
    pg_class i,
    pg_index ix,
    pg_attribute a
WHERE
    t.oid = ix.indrelid
    AND i.oid = ix.indexrelid
    AND a.attrelid = t.oid
    AND a.attnum = ANY(ix.indkey)
    AND t.relkind = 'r'
    AND t.relname NOT LIKE 'pg_%'
ORDER BY
    t.relname,
    i.relname;