Re: Clarification needed - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Sreejesh O S
Subject Re: Clarification needed
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In response to Re: Clarification needed  (Dhanaraj M <Dhanaraj.M@Sun.COM>)
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you should use schemaname.tablename syntax if you are using schema


On 10/11/06, Dhanaraj M <Dhanaraj.M@sun.com> wrote:
In psql,
psql>\d tableName

Query is

SELECT pg_catalog.format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod) from
pg_attribute a, pg_class c where  a.attrelid =c.oid and
c.relname='TableName' and a.attname='ColName';


Zdenek Kotala wrote:

>
> Look at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/interactive/catalogs.html
>
> Specially on pg_attribute, pg_class and pg_type table. Or you can use
> some features in the psql.
>
>     Zdenek
>
>
> Indira Muthuswamy napsal(a):
>
>> Hai,
>>
>> Can anyone of you help me in finding the datatype of a particular
>> column in a table in Postgres?
>>
>> Thanks and Regards,
>> M.Indira
>>
>>
>
>
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