Re: Get info about the index

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Igor Korot <ikorot01(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: David Barbour <david(dot)barbour(at)amiralearning(dot)com>, Jon Zeppieri <zeppieri(at)gmail(dot)com>, Christophe Pettus <xof(at)thebuild(dot)com>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, "pgsql-generallists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Get info about the index
Date: 2025-07-29 12:07:25
Message-ID: 2fad4427bff83bc73f9b4215e284a76343f046f2.camel@cybertec.at
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On Tue, 2025-07-29 at 06:46 -0500, Igor Korot wrote:
> SELECT
>     t.relname AS table_name,
>     i.relname AS index_name,
>     a.attname AS column_name
> FROM
>     pg_class t,
>     pg_class i,
>     pg_index ix,
>     pg_attribute a
> WHERE
>     t.oid = ix.indrelid AND
>     i.oid = ix.indexrelid AND
>     a.attrelid = t.oid AND
>     a.attnum = ANY(ix.indkey) AND
>     t.relkind = 'r' AND -- 'r' for regular table
>     t.relname = 'your_table_name' -- Optional: filter by table name
> ORDER BY
>     t.relname,
>     i.relname,
>     a.attnum;
>
> I can build on top of this query, however I have 2 issues:
>
> First and most important one - they are filtering by just table name.
> How can I filter by the fully qualified name - catalog.schema.table?

"catalog" is irrelevant, since PostgreSQL doesn't allow cross-database queries.

To add a filter for the schema, use

AND t.relnamespace = 'schemaname'::regnamespace

> Second - how cn I get the partial index condition? Either the whole
> WHERE clause (which I will have to parse)
> or the broken down one (field, condition {AND|OR} field, condition}?

SELECT pg_get_expr(ix.indpred, t.oid)

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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