Re: [SQL] How do I get the list of table names in db

> I need to know how to get a list of table names that exist in a particular
> database using Pg. I know how to do it command line, but I need my scripts
> to be able to do it for error checking, and I haven't found a single doc on
> it.
>
> -james

Well, here is one way. In your script issue the command:

psql -c "\d" -o filename database_name

depending on your scripting language you may need to wrap the command around
some other command such as:

system ("psql -c \"\\d\" -o filename database_name");

in perl. Now with this approach your script will then need to read in the file
created by the -o switch. If your in perl you could do something like:

open(COMMAND, "psql -c \"\\d\" database_name|")
while (<COMMAND>)
{
print $_;
<YOUR CODE GOES HERE>
}

to not generate a file, and read in the standard output of the psql command.
In the the Korn shell you could do:

psql -c "\d" database_name| while read LINE
do
echo $LINE
<YOUR CODE GOES HERE>
done

Hope this helps...james