From: Scott Marlowe <smarlowe@g2switchworks.com>
To: Rodrigo De Leon <rdeleonp@gmail.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: viewing the description of tables from python DB-API
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:22:54 -0500
Message-ID: <1154535774.7882.42.camel@state.g2switchworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a55915760608011614t485b6e49qaaecb89e8ff567b3@mail.gmail.com>
References: <20060801223740.4B60E9FB1D4@postgresql.org>
<a55915760608011614t485b6e49qaaecb89e8ff567b3@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 18:14, Rodrigo De Leon wrote:
> On 8/1/06, Daniel Joo <djoo@vistagen-inc.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there a way to view the list of all tables from python (or any other
> > languages for that matter) DB-API? What I'm looking for is a command
> > similar to the meta-command '\d' that works with the psql client.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much!
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan
>
> There's also the INFORMATION_SCHEMA:
>
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/information-schema.html
Quick note. The INFORMATION_SCHEMA should stay pretty static from one
pgsql version to the next, while the queries that psql -E shows will
likely change from one version to another.
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