Re: How to query by column names

I think this is what you're looking for Richard:

SELECT attname FROM pg_attribute pa, pg_class pc
WHERE pc.relname = 't1'
AND pa.attrelid = pc.relfilenode
AND pa.attisdropped IS FALSE
AND pa.attnum > 0;

Let me know if it doesn't do what you intended.

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Richard Ray wrote:

> This may be a simple but can I create a query such as
>
> select (select attname from pg_attribute where attrelid = (select relfilenode
> from pg_class where relname = 't1') and attisdropped = false and attnum > 0)
> from t1;
>
> I get
> ERROR: more than one row returned by a subquery used as an expression
>
> Thanks
> Richard
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