From: A. Kretschmer <andreas.kretschmer@schollglas.com>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Extract table columns in tabular form
Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 19:00:26 +0100
Message-ID: <20051105180026.GA10871@webserv.wug-glas.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1131209276.436ce23cba2d2@webmail.adontendev.net>
References: <1131209276.436ce23cba2d2@webmail.adontendev.net>
am 05.11.2005, um 16:47:56 +0000 mailte frank church folgendes:
>
> How do you extract postgresql column names, types and comments in tabular form,
> using an SQL command?. I know they are stored in one of the system tables, but
> I don't know which.
Start psql with -E and call \d* - commands to see both the hidden SQL
and the description.
Example:
comment on table foo is 'this is a comment';
\dd foo
[many lines of output the SQL and the comment]
Use '\h?' to see all psql-commands.
HTH, Andreas
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