Here's your schema from Postgres: pg_dump -s your_db | less Or you can explore it using `psql`: $ psql your_db List schemas: your_db=# \dn Lis

Here's your schema from Postgres: pg_dump -s your_db | less Or you can explore it using `psql`: $ psql your_db List schemas: your_db=# \dn List tables in a schema: your_db=# \dt public. Show table detailed info (constraints, indexes, comments, etc.): your_db=# \dt+ your_table List functions: your_db=# \df Or you can install pgAdmin and browse through the entire database--tables, constraints, indexes, the whole shebang--in a single screen. At no point are the migrations burying the schema. That's just a fundamental misunderstanding of how to work with databases.