Re: Get all table names that have a specific column

Emi Lu wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am not very familiar with the system views/tables in postgreSQL. I'd
> like to get all table names that have a column let's say named "col1".
>
> For example,
> t1 (... col1 varchar(3) ... )
> t2 (... col1 varchar(3) ... )
> t3 (... ...)
>
>
> After querying the system tables/views, I can get the result something
> like :
>
> tables contain column "col1"
> ---------------------------------------------
> t1
> t2
> (2 rows)
>
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Emi
Check this posting:
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-admin/2005-03/msg00011.php

Query the pga_columns view for the matches that you are looking for.
eg:
select tablename
from pga_columns
where columnname='col1';

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