Re: how can I get the length of columns of a table by system tables/views

From: Raghavendra <raghavendra(dot)rao(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: shuaixf <shuaixf(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-admin(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: how can I get the length of columns of a table by system tables/views
Date: 2011-09-09 07:41:06
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> For example:

CREATE TABLE tb(name varchar(32));

You can get this with System functions.

select pg_column_size(name) from tb;

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Regards,
Raghavendra
EnterpriseDB Corporation
Blog: http://raghavt.blogspot.com/

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 8:50 PM, shuaixf <shuaixf(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

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> According to pg_class, pg_attribute, pg_type, I can get the tablename,
> column name, column type
> however, how to get the length of columns of a table by system
> tables/views?
> Thanks!
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