| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | achambers(at)mcna(dot)net |
| Cc: | "Postgresql (General)" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Cursor metadata |
| Date: | 2011-04-13 16:50:34 |
| Message-ID: | 6935.1302713434@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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"Andy Chambers" <achambers(at)mcna(dot)net> writes:
> Is there anywhere in the postgres catalog where one can access metadata
> about a held cursor.
The pg_cursors system view offers some info ...
> Type information
> in particular would be really useful.
... but not that. Usually the best way to get information about the
columns of a table/view/cursor is to fetch a row from it and use the
metadata that's provided by the fetch mechanism.
regards, tom lane
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