| From: | merlyn(at)stonehenge(dot)com (Randal L(dot) Schwartz) |
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| To: | "Brett W(dot) McCoy" <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Mark Muffett <markm(at)muffett(dot)net>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Column names |
| Date: | 2001-10-19 18:57:23 |
| Message-ID: | m1r8rz1mr0.fsf@halfdome.holdit.com |
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>>>>> "Brett" == Brett W McCoy <bmccoy(at)chapelperilous(dot)net> writes:
Brett> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Mark Muffett wrote:
>> Is there a simple query to return the column names used in a table?
Brett> If you start up psql with the -E option, and then do \dt <tablename>, it
Brett> will spit out the SQL used to retrieve the metadata on your table. You
Brett> can use that as your basis.
A little birdy whispered in my ear that my request to push all the SQL
that psql uses into views so they'd be trivially query-able and
stackable has been put on the official TO-DO list.
So, maybe in 7.2? :)
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