Re: Show tables query

On 4/2/06, Andy Shellam <andy(dot)shellam(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk> wrote:
> > After takin a swig o' Arrakan spice grog, andy(dot)shellam(at)mailnetwork(dot)co(dot)uk
> ("Andy Shellam") belched out:
> >> Is there an SQL command supported by Postgres to return a list of tables
> in a database?
>
> Sorry, did I say something wrong? I thought it was a perfectly valid
> question actually. The application in mind is going to be run exclusively
> on Postgres,
>
> so I'm not overly fussed over standards - I just wanted a quick
> win, of which Grega's SQL gave it me perfectly - tables only, nothing else
> included.

the information_schema approach is still better than querying
the system catalogs. The system catalogs are internal to postgresql
what if future versions of postgresql change the sys catalogs dramatically ?
(your app breaks!)

information_schema is the standard which are more likely to behave
the same in all versions of pgsql becoz they are(currently) views on
the sys catalogs.

Regds
Rajesh Kumar Mallah.

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