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@ 2006-02-16 09:13 AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>
2006-02-16 09:34 ` Re: to count no of columns in a table Juris <bubliks@gmail.com>
2006-02-16 09:37 ` Re: to count no of columns in a table A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
2006-02-16 09:40 ` Re: [SQL] to count no of columns in a table Ragnar <gnari@hive.is>
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From: AKHILESH GUPTA @ 2006-02-16 09:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-sql
hi all,
i just want to know one thing that is there any function in PGSQL which
gives me the total number of columns in a table.
OR
just like we are using count(*), it gives us total number or rows in a
table, just like i want to know the total number of columns present in the
table
plz help me it's urgent
THANKS IN ADVANCE............!
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Thanks & Regards,
Akhilesh
DAV Institute of Management
Faridabad(Haryana)-INDIA
"FAILURES CAN BE FORGIVEN BUT AIMING LOW IS A CRIME"
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* Re: to count no of columns in a table
2006-02-16 09:13 to count no of columns in a table AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>
@ 2006-02-16 09:34 ` Juris <bubliks@gmail.com>
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From: Juris @ 2006-02-16 09:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-sql
Create view/storedproc on pg_class & pg_attribute tables
2006/2/16, AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>:
> hi all,
> i just want to know one thing that is there any function in PGSQL which
> gives me the total number of columns in a table.
> OR
> just like we are using count(*), it gives us total number or rows in a
> table, just like i want to know the total number of columns present in the
> table
> plz help me it's urgent
> THANKS IN ADVANCE............!
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Akhilesh
> DAV Institute of Management
> Faridabad(Haryana)-INDIA
>
> "FAILURES CAN BE FORGIVEN BUT AIMING LOW IS A CRIME"
>
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* Re: to count no of columns in a table
2006-02-16 09:13 to count no of columns in a table AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>
@ 2006-02-16 09:37 ` A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
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From: A. Kretschmer @ 2006-02-16 09:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-sql
am 16.02.2006, um 14:43:43 +0530 mailte AKHILESH GUPTA folgendes:
> hi all,
> i just want to know one thing that is there any function in PGSQL which
> gives me the total number of columns in a table.
select count(column_name) from information_schema.columns where table_name='foo';
HTH, Andreas
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* Re: [SQL] to count no of columns in a table
2006-02-16 09:13 to count no of columns in a table AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>
@ 2006-02-16 09:40 ` Ragnar <gnari@hive.is>
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From: Ragnar @ 2006-02-16 09:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: AKHILESH GUPTA <akhilesh.davim@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org; pgsql-sql
On fim, 2006-02-16 at 14:43 +0530, AKHILESH GUPTA wrote:
> i just want to know one thing that is there any function in PGSQL
> which gives me the total number of columns in a table.
> OR
> just like we are using count(*), it gives us total number or rows in a
> table, just like i want to know the total number of columns present in
> the table
this is the kind of thing the information_schema is for
select count(*) from information_schema.columns
where table_name='x';
gnari
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