Re: Getting source code for database objects

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Artacus <artacus(at)comcast(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Getting source code for database objects
Date: 2008-07-09 04:02:02
Message-ID: 20080709040202.GI4095@alvh.no-ip.org
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Artacus wrote:
> On pgadmin, when you click on a table or function, you get the source
> code (DDL) to create that table or function.
>
> I want to take that and check it into subversion so I have one file for
> each table, function, view, etc. My question is, how do you get that
> source code? I've been playing with pgadmin and wireshark trying to
> figure out what commands or queries it is using to no avail.

Fire up psql -E and do a few \d commands. It'll show you the SQL used
to describe the objects.

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Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.

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