Re: Data length and data precision

From: "Bart van Houdt" <bart(dot)van(dot)houdt(at)syfact(dot)com>
To: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>, <pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Data length and data precision
Date: 2009-02-06 10:13:44
Message-ID: CECE69D480C32F49891F27ED3E49C38C010DAA6A@nthvsexch02.interaccess.nl
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Just what I needed, thx!

-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: pgsql-sql-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org namens A. Kretschmer
Verzonden: vr 6-2-2009 11:04
Aan: pgsql-sql(at)postgresql(dot)org
Onderwerp: Re: [SQL] Data length and data precision

In response to Bart van Houdt :
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to write some code to make a 'fingerprint' of a database. This to
> compare a customer database with a reference database of our own.
> Therefore I'm trying to retrieve information like this:
> -Table name
> pg_class.relname where relkind = 'r'
> -Column name
> pg_attribute where attrelid = pg_class.oid
> -Data type
> pg_type where oid = pg_attribute.atttypid
> -Data length
> if pg_attribute.atttypmod = -1 then pg_type.typlen
> else pg_attribute.atttypmod
> -Data precision
> No clue
> -Nullable
> pg_attribute.attnotnull
>
> As you can see I'm missing the data precision (e.g. numeric (19,2)) and I'm not
> entirely sure about the data length.
>
> Can anyone tell me where to find the data precision of a column?
> And can anyone tell me if I get the data length from the correct places?

information_schema.columns, numeric_precision.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/infoschema-columns.html

Andreas
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