Getting result set metadata without executing query? - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Marc Ramirez
Subject Getting result set metadata without executing query?
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Msg-id 20020709152808.M2712-100000@mrami.homeunix.org
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Responses Re: Getting result set metadata without executing query?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Is this possible with PostgreSQL?

In Sybase, there's a FORMATONLY option, which will not do any disk reads,
but instead return a result set with the correct columns, just no tuples.
Any facility like this in PostgreSQL?

Thanks for your time,

Marc.


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