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From: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
To: Prime Ho <ho@optimasoft.com.tw>
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Subject: Re: how to get the source table & field name of a view field
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Prime Ho wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Could you tell me how to get view field's source table and field name?
> another word, how could I know the view field come from?

SELECT definition from pg_views where viewname='<your view name>';

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> Ho
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