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get_attnames

Name

get_attnames -- returns the attribute names of a table

Synopsis

get_attnames(table)

Parameters

table

name of table.

Return Type

dictionary

The dictionary's keys are the attribute names, the values are the type names of the attributes.

Description

Given the name of a table, digs out the set of attribute names and types.