Re: Returning the name of a primary key

From: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)surnet(dot)cl>
Cc: Juan Pablo Espino <jp(dot)espino(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Returning the name of a primary key
Date: 2005-05-17 05:24:25
Message-ID: 20050517052425.GK30902@decibel.org
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On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 02:35:03PM -0400, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 01:25:46PM -0500, Juan Pablo Espino wrote:
>
> > I need to write a function that retrieve the name of at least one
> > table primary key, if it exists. The only argument passed to the
> > function is the table name. I have thought something like this:
>
> Why mess around with a C function, if you can do it in straight SQL?
> You can write a SQL function if need be.

http://lnk.nu/cvs.pgfoundry.org/2op.sql is an example of how to get the
info in pure SQL.
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