Re: SQL list table names

From: Adam Witney <awitney(at)sghms(dot)ac(dot)uk>
To: alviN <gamboa(at)infophil(dot)com>, pgsql-sql <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: SQL list table names
Date: 2003-01-07 11:03:15
Message-ID: BA406473.EB6D%a.witney@sghms.ac.uk
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If you start psql like so

psql -E

Then all the SQL behind the \d type commands is displayed for you.

adam

> is it possible to execute an sql query to be able to list the tables's
> names?
> well, you can do it on psql using \dt. but im talking about the SQL
> statement, because i want to execute that query from a script.
>
> thanks.
>
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> alviN
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