Solved: Getting the field names for a given table

From: dcrespo <dcrespo(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Solved: Getting the field names for a given table
Date: 2007-08-08 23:06:24
Message-ID: 1186614384.209826.97100@d30g2000prg.googlegroups.com
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For those who need to know the fields that a certain table has in a
postgresql database, here is the SQL statement:

SELECT DISTINCT attname, relname FROM pg_attribute pa, pg_class pc,
pg_tables pt WHERE pa.attrelid=pc.oid AND pc.relname=pt.tablename AND
pt.schemaname='public' AND attstattarget=-1 AND relname IN (SELECT
tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public') ORDER BY relname;

Notice that you can replace ***relname IN (SELECT tablename FROM
pg_tables WHERE schemaname='public')*** with
***relname='your_desired_tablename'*** and will do the work only for
an specific table. For the newbies: you can specify the schemaname if
needed.

Daniel

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