I would like to get the columns that an index is on in PostgreSQL.
In MySQL you can use SHOW INDEXES FOR table and look at the Column_name
Just do: \d table_name
But I'm not sure what do you mean that the information about columns is not there.
For example:
# \d pg_class
Table "pg_catalog.pg_class"
Column | Type | Modifiers
-----------------+-----------+-----------
relname | name | not null
relnamespace | oid | not null
reltype | oid | not null
reloftype | oid | not null
relowner | oid | not null
relam | oid | not null
relfilenode | oid | not null
reltablespace | oid | not null
relpages | integer | not null
reltuples | real | not null
reltoastrelid | oid | not null
reltoastidxid | oid | not null
relhasindex | boolean | not null
relisshared | boolean | not null
relistemp | boolean | not null
relkind | "char" | not null
relnatts | smallint | not null
relchecks | smallint | not null
relhasoids | boolean | not null
relhaspkey | boolean | not null
relhasexclusion | boolean | not null
relhasrules | boolean | not null
relhastriggers | boolean | not null
relhassubclass | boolean | not null
relfrozenxid | xid | not null
relacl | aclitem[] |
reloptions | text[] |
Indexes:
"pg_class_oid_index" UNIQUE, btree (oid)
"pg_class_relname_nsp_index" UNIQUE, btree (relname, relnamespace)
It clearly shows which columns given index is on this table.