On 10/11/2011 06:54 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?
If you query pg_constraint as I showed you before, you can also get
conkey which is an array of smallints pointing at the columns (in
pg_attribute) that form the key.
Joe
