Re: About table schema - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Wei Shi
Subject Re: About table schema
Date
Msg-id 20040526014603.86866.qmail@web60307.mail.yahoo.com
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In response to Re: About table schema  (Janning Vygen <vygen@gmx.de>)
Responses Re: About table schema  (Mike Mascari <mascarm@mascari.com>)
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Is there a function interface to get this information
other than from "psql" comman line interface?

Thanks.

Wei

--- Janning Vygen <vygen@gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 26. Mai 2004 00:36 schrieb Wei Shi:
> > Hi, does anyone know how to get the schema
> information
> > of a table.  More specifically, I would like to
> know
> >
> > 1. which field(s) are primary keys?
> > 2. the data type of each field of a table?
> > 3. If a field is a foreign key, what field/table
> it
> > is referring to.
>
> connect to your database with 'psql' and type
>
> \d tablename
>
> which gives you all information you asked for. Type
> \? for a list of other
> commands within psql and take a look at 'man psql'
>
> kind regards,
> janning
>
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