Get a list of columns for a table - Mailing list pgsql-novice

From Kevin Crenshaw
Subject Get a list of columns for a table
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Msg-id 20050907222005.400BED82FA@svr1.postgresql.org
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Responses Re: Get a list of columns for a table  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Re: Get a list of columns for a table  (Terry Lee Tucker <terry@esc1.com>)
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How do I retrieve a list of columns for a table from an outside application?  I don’t want to retrieve any rows from the table just the column related data like what is retrieved using ‘\d [table name]’ in psql.  Can this be done using a simple Select statement?

 

Thanks for your help!

 

Kevin

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