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From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Daniel Joo <djoo@vistagen-inc.com>
Cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: viewing the description of tables from python DB-API
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 19:00:39 -0400
Message-ID: <20060801230039.GA20401@alvh.no-ip.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060801223740.4B60E9FB1D4@postgresql.org>
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Daniel Joo wrote:

> 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.  

Try \d under psql -E sometime.  It'll give you the query it uses.

-- 
Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support



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