Re: System Tables - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew J. Kopciuch
Subject Re: System Tables
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Msg-id 200211281117.13393.akopciuch@bddf.ca
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In response to System Tables  (Steve Jackson <asdasdfwea@asweweasdv.net>)
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On Thursday 28 November 2002 00:32, Steve Jackson wrote:
> Hi
>
> Has anyone of you a good pointer to a description of where in the system
> tables I may find what informations? I try to code a generic procedure
> which gets information (like field type, field length, foreign keys...)
> about tables and fields from a system table.
>

Read the man page for psql.  
Check out the section for PSQL META_COMMANDS.

Sounds like everything you need is in there.

Andy



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