Information about columns

From: Dario Teixeira <darioteixeira(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Information about columns
Date: 2009-06-22 12:26:45
Message-ID: 44257.28393.qm@web111506.mail.gq1.yahoo.com
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Hi,

Is there some way to find out meta-information about the columns generated
by any SELECT query? If the SELECT returns values from a regular table or
a view, I can use pg_class and pg_attribute to get the info I need:

CREATE TABLE foobar (quant int);
SELECT quant FROM foobar;
SELECT attname, attnum FROM pg_attribute, pg_class WHERE attrelid=pg_class.oid AND relname='foobar';

But what if the columns belong to a "virtual" table instead, as per the
(silly) example below?

SELECT 1, 2*quant FROM foobar;

Thanks in advance for any help you might give me!
Best regards,
Dario Teixeira

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