From: | Holger Jakobs <holger(at)jakobs(dot)com> |
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Subject: | Re: PostgreSQL equivalents to dbms_metadata.get_ddl & dbms_metadata.get_dependent_ddl |
Date: | 2023-03-20 07:31:19 |
Message-ID: | 18e53273-264a-2ccf-e1ed-070fc6d7c381@jakobs.com |
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Am 19.03.23 um 22:36 schrieb richard coleman:
> Hello all,
> I am trying to find a simple way to get access the DDL information for
> PostgreSQL tables, constraints, and indices via SQL.
>
> In Oracle there are the dbms_metadata.get_ddl()
> and dbms_metadata.get_dependent_ddl() functions that you can call on
> dual to get this information.
>
> EX:
> -- table DDL:
> select dbms_metadata.get_ddl('TABLE', 'MY_TABLE','MY_SCHEMA') as
> "table_ddl" from dual;
>
> -- indices DDL
> select dbms_metadata.get_dependent_ddl('INDEX','MY_TABLE','MY_SCHEMA')
> as "table_indicies" from dual;
>
> -- constraints DDL
> select
> dbms_metadata.get_dependent_ddl('CONSTRAINT','MY_TABLE','MY_SCHEMA')
> as "constraints_ddl" from dual;
>
> Is there an equivalent function to do the same in PostgreSQL?
>
> I know there are ways via pg_dump and psql, but what I need is a way
> to do so via SQL.
>
> Thanks,
> rik.
Every sane RDBMS has the INFORMATION_SCHEMA according to the ISO SQL
Standard, so that you can find out all of these.
Btw, the opposite isn't true. The existence of the INFORMATION_SCHEMA
alone doesn't make an RDBMS sane.
Of course there are proprietary views in pg_catalog as well. And pg_dump
-s can dump the whole schema in clear text.
Regards,
Holger
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