Tables names from query - Mailing list pgsql-interfaces

From Philip Shiels
Subject Tables names from query
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Msg-id 36D15B0D.B57DB69C@jrc.it
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Responses Re: [INTERFACES] Tables names from query  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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I'm currently developing a postgres DB backend to my current project and have
the following problem. If I execute a query I need to know the table the
returning fields belong to. For example :

SELECT x.y, z.y from x, y where x.key = z.key

The problem with the above is that I get back 2 fields called 'y' and have no
way of knowing from which tables they've come from. The query is arbitrary so I
cannot assume table order in the SQL statement (Icannot assume anything about
the query except that it's a SELECT).

What information from the 'C' or 'C++' APIs can help ?

Is there is a way of identifying the originating tables ?

Thanks
        Philip
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