Re: Questions for experts - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Richard Huxton
Subject Re: Questions for experts
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Msg-id 200305141634.28476.dev@archonet.com
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In response to Questions for experts  (SEB Menard <smenard@avior.ca>)
List pgsql-sql
On Tuesday 13 May 2003 1:15 pm, SEB Menard wrote:
> I want to perform dynamic SQL update in PL/PGSQL... i don't know the
> name of the columns that i want to update. i just want to update a
> complete line... How i can get the names of the columns of a table in
> PL/PGSQL for produce a dynamic  SQL update?
>
> In Oracle UPDATE ...SET ROW do the jobs any substitutes in POSTGRES?

Start psql with the -E flag, then \d etc will show you the queries they run to
provide their output. There's also a system catalogue section in the manuals

--  Richard Huxton


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