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To: "Phillip Smith" <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au>
cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: pg_dump using SQL 
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Comments: In-reply-to "Phillip Smith" <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au>
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 23:01:53 -0400
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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
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"Phillip Smith" <phillip.smith@weatherbeeta.com.au> writes:
>> Is there any way to do what pg_dump does?, I mean, get the structure of a
>> table in a database (ex: CREATE TABLE ...)

> Turn Query Logging on in postgresql.conf then see what queries are executed
> by pgAdmin or similar when you run it?

But note that these queries are moving targets: they frequently change
from one PG version to the next.

By far the best answer, if you can use it, is to invoke pg_dump itself
as a subprocess.  Something like "pg_dump -s -t mytable ..." for
instance.

			regards, tom lane