Re: how do I get the table name from a query?

From: Dave Cramer <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
To: Reggie Burnett <rykr(at)bellsouth(dot)net>
Cc: 'Hackers' <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: how do I get the table name from a query?
Date: 2003-01-27 14:41:43
Message-ID: 1043678503.1085.19.camel@inspiron.cramers
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Reggie,

At the moment, you can't, but please comment on my request for qualified
column names. This is the same issue and there are many collateral
issues which Tom has brought up.

Dave
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 09:30, Reggie Burnett wrote:
> When using the FE/BE, how do I retrieve the table name for a given
> column? Say I had the following SQL:
>
>
>
> Select c.id, c.name, d.phone from Members c, Addresses d where c.id <
> 200
>
>
>
> From the docs of the FE/BE, I would see that the fields are named id,
> name, phone but how do I find out the source tables that each field
> came from? I need to know this to discover nullability of fields,
> uniqueness, etc.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Reggie
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Dave Cramer <dave(at)fastcrypt(dot)com>
Cramer Consulting

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