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From A. Kretschmer
Subject Re: how do I get table DDL from psql (not from pg_dump)
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Msg-id 20080227121911.GE21865@a-kretschmer.de
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In response to how do I get table DDL from psql (not from pg_dump)  ("Sofer, Yuval" <Yuval_Sofer@bmc.com>)
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am  Wed, dem 27.02.2008, um  5:22:33 -0600 mailte Sofer, Yuval folgendes:
> Hi
> 
>  
> 
> I need to extract table DDL (create script) from database connection (using
> sql, by retrieving system table info or by activating some pg function)
> 
>  
> 
> Is this possible in postgres?

Why not using pg_dump?

You can specify with -n and -t an arbitrary table and with -s you get
only the DDL, not the data.


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