From: | nourry(at)ensinfo(dot)univ-nantes(dot)fr (Frederic Nourry) |
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To: | pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Retrieving column names and table names of a database |
Date: | 1999-05-18 12:52:41 |
Message-ID: | 199905181252.OAA03376@dec1.ensinfo.univ-nantes.fr |
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>Hi,
>, this may sound stupid, but is there a way of retrieving the table names and >column names of a database using SQL. I know there
>is \d in psql, but I don´t know if there is something similar in SQL or if there >is a function I can call.
>Please reply even if there is no function
>
>Thanks in advance for your help
>
>Matthias
>.
To retrieve the table names , use the pg_tables :
SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename NOT LIKE 'pg_%';
To retrieve the column names , you can use the pg_attribute and
pg_type tables :
SELECT attname , typname FROM pg_attribute , pg_type WHERE
typrelid=attrelid AND typname = 'banals' ;
if your table name is 'banals' , but this will give you 6 columns that
you haven't declared : cmax,xmax,cmin,xmin,oid,ctid .
If you want column names with its type :
SELECT attname , opcname , atttypmod FROM pg_attribute,pg_type,
pg_opclass WHERE attrelid=typrelid AND atttypid=opcdeftype AND
typname = 'banals' ;
if your table name is 'banals' , but this will give the
column 'oid' you haven't declared
You can find all tables names in <where you put psql>//data/base/ .
Sorry for my english !
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