Re: list all columns in db

On 07/06/07, Jon Sime <jsime(at)mediamatters(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Jonathan Vanasco wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have a trick to list all columns in a db ?
>
> No trickery, just exploit the availability of the SQL standard
> information_schema views:
>
> select table_schema, table_name, column_name
> from information_schema.columns
> where table_schema not in ('pg_catalog','information_schema')
> order by 1,2,3

Is there any easy way to remove the views from the query?

Peter.

If you want an equivalent that uses pg_catalog (non-portable outside of
> PostgreSQL) you could instead do:
>
> select n.nspname as table_schema, c.relname as table_name,
> a.attname as column_name
> from pg_catalog.pg_attribute a
> join pg_catalog.pg_class c on (a.attrelid = c.oid)
> join pg_catalog.pg_namespace n on (c.relnamespace = n.oid)
> where c.relkind in ('r','v') and a.attnum > 0
> and n.nspname not in ('pg_catalog','information_schema')
> order by 1,2,3
>
> -Jon
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