How can I list all the tables of a PostgreSQL database and order them by size?
This shows you the size of all tables in the schema public
:
select
table_name,
pg_size_pretty(pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))),
pg_total_relation_size(quote_ident(table_name))
from information_schema.tables
where table_schema = 'public'
order by 3 desc;
If you have multiple schemas, you might want to use:
select
table_schema,
table_name,
pg_relation_size('"'||table_schema||'"."'||table_name||'"')
from information_schema.tables
order by 3
SQLFiddle example: http://sqlfiddle.com/#!15/13157/3
List of all object size functions in the manual.