Re: [GENERAL] Command for getting columns

From: The Web Administrator <wwwadmin(at)wizard(dot)ca>
To: Jeffrey Napolitano <jnapoli(at)setech(dot)com>
Cc: General Questions for PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Command for getting columns
Date: 1998-08-01 16:34:03
Message-ID: 35C3437B.5432C5EF@wizard.ca
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Look at the man libpq for nfield function, or in perldoc Pg for the same

Jeffrey Napolitano wrote:

> I want to get the names of the columns in a table ... I know I can get
> it through "\d" in the interactive monitor, but when accessing the
> databases non-interactively, how can I get the names of the columns?
>
> ------------------
> Jeffrey Napolitano
> Lowly Intern
> Software Emancipation Technology

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