Re: Are there commands to enquire about table structure?

From: "Ben" <reply(at)to-the-newsgroup(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Are there commands to enquire about table structure?
Date: 2004-02-02 16:35:49
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On Sat, 31 Jan 2004 23:41:54 -0500, Doug McNaught wrote:

> For 7.3, the info you need is available in the system catalogs, which
> have a somewhat hairier layout than the SQL-standard information_schema.

Doug, thanks - do you know if the system catalogs retain the same
abilities in 7.4? So that if I implement this, will it still work later? I
don't mind "hairy", but "temporary" is a concern, at least.

Thanks a million!

--Ben

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