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@ 2008-07-23 14:56 Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
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From: Campbell, Lance @ 2008-07-23 14:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
What is the SQL to do the following:
1) Return a list of all possible SCHEMA names within a database.
2) For a given SCHEMA return the list of all table names.
Thanks,
Lance Campbell
Project Manager/Software Architect
Web Services at Public Affairs
University of Illinois
217.333.0382
http://webservices.uiuc.edu <http://webservices.uiuc.edu/;
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:02 Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
parent: Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
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From: Scott Marlowe @ 2008-07-23 15:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu> wrote:
> What is the SQL to do the following:
>
>
>
> 1) Return a list of all possible SCHEMA names within a database.
>
> 2) For a given SCHEMA return the list of all table names.
You can either do it with the INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or the system
catalogs. To see how to do it with the system catalogs, then start
psql with the -E switch and issue \dn and set search_path='schemaname'
and \d
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:10 Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>
parent: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
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From: Gibson Chimhamhiwa @ 2008-07-23 15:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Hi All,
I have a postgreSQl database and just wan to know how I can get to its data
dictionary.
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:11 Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
parent: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>
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From: Campbell, Lance @ 2008-07-23 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Scott Marlowe <scott.marlowe@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
Is there a list somewhere of the system catalog tables and examples of
querying it for administrative reasons?
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:02 AM
To: Campbell, Lance
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Query a list of tables
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
wrote:
> What is the SQL to do the following:
>
>
>
> 1) Return a list of all possible SCHEMA names within a database.
>
> 2) For a given SCHEMA return the list of all table names.
You can either do it with the INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or the system
catalogs. To see how to do it with the system catalogs, then start
psql with the -E switch and issue \dn and set search_path='schemaname'
and \d
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:21 Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>
parent: Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
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From: Gibson Chimhamhiwa @ 2008-07-23 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Hi,
Under Schema I have;
information_schema
pg_catalog
pg_toast
pg_toast_temp_1
pg_temp_1
and then public which contains the tables with data for my database.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu> wrote:
> Is there a list somewhere of the system catalog tables and examples of
> querying it for administrative reasons?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:02 AM
> To: Campbell, Lance
> Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Query a list of tables
>
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
> wrote:
> > What is the SQL to do the following:
> >
> >
> >
> > 1) Return a list of all possible SCHEMA names within a database.
> >
> > 2) For a given SCHEMA return the list of all table names.
>
> You can either do it with the INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or the system
> catalogs. To see how to do it with the system catalogs, then start
> psql with the -E switch and issue \dn and set search_path='schemaname'
> and \d
>
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Gibson Chimhamhiwa
CSIR - Meraka Institute
P O Box 395, Pretoria 0001
South Africa
www.csir.co.za / www.meraka.org.za
Office: +27 12 841 2758
Mobile: +27 78 447 2879
Fax: +27 12 841 4720
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:33 Milen A. Radev <milen@radev.net>
parent: Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
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From: Milen A. Radev @ 2008-07-23 15:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
Campbell, Lance написа:
> Is there a list somewhere of the system catalog tables and examples of
> querying it for administrative reasons?
[...]
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/information-schema.html
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/catalogs.html
This mostly means you need to acquaint yourself with the fine manual.
--
Milen A. Radev
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 15:40 Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
parent: Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>
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From: Campbell, Lance @ 2008-07-23 15:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>; pgsql-admin
Solution:
I found that by doing the following query you can get a list of all
schemas or namespaces:
select distinct schemaname from pg_tables where schemaname not in
('information_schema', 'pg_catalog');
In order to select all of the tables within a schema or namespace:
select tablename from pg_tables where schemaname='name_of_schema';
Thanks for the responses.
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Gibson
Chimhamhiwa
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:22 AM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Query a list of tables
Hi,
Under Schema I have;
information_schema
pg_catalog
pg_toast
pg_toast_temp_1
pg_temp_1
and then public which contains the tables with data for my database.
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
wrote:
Is there a list somewhere of the system catalog tables and examples of
querying it for administrative reasons?
-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Marlowe [mailto:scott.marlowe@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:02 AM
To: Campbell, Lance
Cc: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Query a list of tables
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Campbell, Lance <lance@illinois.edu>
wrote:
> What is the SQL to do the following:
>
>
>
> 1) Return a list of all possible SCHEMA names within a database.
>
> 2) For a given SCHEMA return the list of all table names.
You can either do it with the INFORMATION_SCHEMA, or the system
catalogs. To see how to do it with the system catalogs, then start
psql with the -E switch and issue \dn and set search_path='schemaname'
and \d
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Gibson Chimhamhiwa
CSIR - Meraka Institute
P O Box 395, Pretoria 0001
South Africa
www.csir.co.za / www.meraka.org.za
Office: +27 12 841 2758
Mobile: +27 78 447 2879
Fax: +27 12 841 4720
E-mail:gchimhamhiwa@gmail.co.za
<mailto:E-mail%3Agchimhamhiwa@gmail.co.za>
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* Re: Query a list of tables
@ 2008-07-23 18:22 Igor Neyman <ineyman@perceptron.com>
parent: Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>
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From: Igor Neyman @ 2008-07-23 18:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Gibson Chimhamhiwa <gchimhamhiwa@gmail.com>; pgsql-admin
First you get to Postgresql docs, from there you get anywhere you want.
Igor
________________________________
From: pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org
[mailto:pgsql-admin-owner@postgresql.org] On Behalf Of Gibson
Chimhamhiwa
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:10 AM
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Query a list of tables
Hi All,
I have a postgreSQl database and just wan to know how I can get to its
data dictionary.
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