Re: Getting the column to a which a sequence belongs.

From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Getting the column to a which a sequence belongs.
Date: 2009-08-27 19:54:22
Message-ID: h76o99$tq3$1@ger.gmane.org
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Sam Mason wrote on 27.08.2009 21:51:
> The information is all in the system catalogs; I've not had much
> opportunity to fiddle with them so far but the following may be a start
> to help get things out for you.
>
> SELECT c.relname, a.attname, t.relname
> FROM pg_class c, pg_depend d, pg_class t, pg_attribute a
> WHERE c.relkind = 'S'
> AND d.objid = c.oid
> AND d.refobjid = t.oid
> AND (d.refobjid,d.refobjsubid) = (a.attrelid,a.attnum);
>
Ah great, I didn't realize I could use pg_depend for this.

Thanks, works like a charm! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Thomas

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