Re: sql to get the column names of a table

Devrim GUNDUZ said:
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> Hi,
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> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Alexander Antonakakis wrote:
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>> How can I get the column names of a table with sql ?
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> SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename NOT LIKE 'pg_%';
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> will work, I think.

If you want COLUMNS and not TABLES and are using 7.4 then use the views
provided in the information_schema. eg

select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name = 'mytable';

Look at the view, you can select all sorts of info, and filter on other
criteria too.

John Sidney-Woollett