On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 3:54:09 pm J.V. wrote:
> If I have a table name, I know how to find the primary key constraint
> name, but see no way to find the primary key field name.
>
> select constraint_name from information_schema.tabale_constraints where
> table_name = <table_name> and constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY';
>
> will return the constraint name, but given the table_name and the
> constraint_name, how do I find the database column/field name associated
> with that primary key?
Join against constraint_column_usage?:
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/interactive/infoschema-constraint-column-
usage.html
>
> J.V.
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Adrian Klaver
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