Re: System Tables

From: "Andrew J(dot) Kopciuch" <akopciuch(at)bddf(dot)ca>
To: Steve Jackson <asdasdfwea(at)asweweasdv(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: System Tables
Date: 2002-11-28 18:17:13
Message-ID: 200211281117.13393.akopciuch@bddf.ca
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On Thursday 28 November 2002 00:32, Steve Jackson wrote:
> Hi
>
> Has anyone of you a good pointer to a description of where in the system
> tables I may find what informations? I try to code a generic procedure
> which gets information (like field type, field length, foreign keys...)
> about tables and fields from a system table.
>

Read the man page for psql.
Check out the section for PSQL META_COMMANDS.

Sounds like everything you need is in there.

Andy

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