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From: Jon Sime <jsime@mediamatters.org>
To: Michael Dengler <michael.dengler@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance <pgsql-performance@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: how to output column names
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:49:43 -0400
Message-ID: <4627ABB7.8060306@mediamatters.org> (raw)
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Michael Dengler wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there a query I can perform (perhaps on a system table) to return all
> of the column names  (ONLY the column names) for a given DB? (I seem to
> remember doing this before but cant remember how)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mike
> 

The 'columns' view in information_schema should do the trick for you.

-Jon

-- 
Senior Systems Developer
Media Matters for America
http://mediamatters.org/



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