Re: Select default values

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Maximilian Tyrtania" <maximilian(dot)tyrtania(at)onlinehome(dot)de>
Cc: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Select default values
Date: 2008-07-23 09:28:54
Message-ID: 162867790807230228s46d7d3dof8292934c2c894f4@mail.gmail.com
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Hello

2008/7/23 Maximilian Tyrtania <maximilian(dot)tyrtania(at)onlinehome(dot)de>:
> Hi there, just a quickie: Is there a way to select all default values of a
> given table? Something like "Select Default values from sometable" ?
> Unfortunately this syntax doesn't seem to be supported. I know i can select
> the default values for each column, but being able to select them in one go
> would be handy...

it's not possible directly, you can find expressions used as default
in system tables or
postgres=# create table f(a integer default 1, b integer);
CREATE TABLE
postgres=# insert into f(a,b) values(default, default) returning *;
a | b
---+---
1 |
(1 row)

INSERT 0 1
regards
Pavel Stehule
>
> tia,
>
> Maximilian Tyrtania
>
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