How to get index columns/dir/ord informations?

From: Durumdara <durumdara(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: How to get index columns/dir/ord informations?
Date: 2011-04-01 15:24:45
Message-ID: AANLkTi=0FvvyM_rmDjm5OQc86=WddUPfHtw9LAnZTQq9@mail.gmail.com
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Hi!

I want to migrate some database to PG.
I want to make intelligens migrator, that makes the list of the SQL-s what
need to do to get same table structure in PG as in the Source DB.

All things I can get from the views about tables, except the indices.

These indices are not containing the constraints - these elements I can
analyze.

I found and SQL that get the index columns:

select
t.relname as table_name,
i.relname as index_name,
a.attname as column_name
from
pg_class t,
pg_class i,
pg_index ix,
pg_attribute a
where
t.oid = ix.indrelid
and i.oid = ix.indexrelid
and a.attrelid = t.oid
and a.attnum = ANY(ix.indkey)
and t.relkind = 'r'
and t.relname = 'a'
and ix.indisunique = 'f'
and ix.indisprimary = 'f'
order by
t.relname,
i.relname;

This can list the columns. But - what a pity - this don't containing that:
- Is this index unique?
- What the direction of the sort by columns
- What is the ordinal number of the column

So everything what I need to analyze that the needed index is exists or not.

Please help me: how can I get these informations?
I don't want to drop the tables everytime if possible.

Thanks:
dd

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