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From: Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Columns view? (Finding column names for a table)
Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:43:44 +0100
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In-Reply-To: <20080206203334.8B2B52E01F8@postgresql.org>
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Steve Midgley wrote on 06.02.2008 21:33:
> Hi,
> 
> I see this documentation item but can't figure out how to use it:
> 
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/interactive/infoschema-columns.html
> 
>> The view columns contains information about all table columns (or view 
>> columns) in the database.

select column_name
from information_schema.columns
where table_name = 'table_name'

works for me.

Thomas

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