Re: [INTERFACES] A few more JDBC meta-data questions...

From: "D'Arcy" "J(dot)M(dot)" Cain <darcy(at)druid(dot)net>
To: mdz(at)phalanx(dot)phalanx(dot)net (Mark Dzmura)
Cc: pgsql-interfaces(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [INTERFACES] A few more JDBC meta-data questions...
Date: 1999-08-17 11:19:00
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Thus spake Mark Dzmura
> 1. Is it possible to programatically enumerate or discover the databases in a running database??
>
> 2. Is it possible to programmaticaly enumerate or discover the tables in a database??

-- get list of databases
SELECT datname FROM pg_database;

-- get list of tables including views but not system tables
SELECT relname FROM pg_class
WHERE relkind = 'r' AND
relname !~ '^Inv' AND
relname !~ '^pg_';

And for completeness;

-- get list of attributes and types for a specific table
SELECT pg_attribute.attname, pg_type.typname
FROM pg_class, pg_attribute, pg_type
WHERE pg_class.relname = 'tablename' AND
pg_attribute.attnum > 0 AND
pg_attribute.attrelid = pg_class.oid AND
pg_attribute.atttypid = pg_type.oid;

-- get list of tables and primary keys (assumes no complex keys)
-- only includes tables with primary keys so no views
SELECT pg_class.relname, pg_attribute.attname
FROM pg_class, pg_attribute, pg_index
WHERE pg_class.oid = pg_attribute.attrelid AND
pg_class.oid = pg_index.indrelid AND
pg_index.indkey[0] = pg_attribute.attnum AND
pg_index.indisprimary = 't';

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