To get the column names, data types, and nullables of tables in the schema owned by MASTER_USER - Mailing list pgsql-sql

From Eugene Yin
Subject To get the column names, data types, and nullables of tables in the schema owned by MASTER_USER
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Msg-id 751099510.1801394.1452198146367.JavaMail.yahoo@mail.yahoo.com
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Responses Re: To get the column names, data types, and nullables of tables in the schema owned by MASTER_USER  (Joe Conway <mail@joeconway.com>)
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<div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida
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id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68669"style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">PostgreSQL ver: 9.4.5      
 OS: Linux</div><div class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68669" style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear:
both;">GOAL:To get the column names, data types, and nullables of tables in the schema owned by MASTER_USER</div><div
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68671" style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">In Oracle, I can
usethe following statement:</div><pre class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68673" style="margin-top: 0px; padding:
5px;border: 0px; font-size: 13px; overflow: auto; width: auto; max-height: 600px; font-family: Consolas, Menlo, Monaco,
'LucidaConsole', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono', 'Courier New', monospace,
sans-serif;color: rgb(57, 51, 24); word-wrap: normal; background-color: rgb(238, 238, 238);"><code class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68675"style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
font-family:Consolas, Menlo, Monaco, 'Lucida Console', 'Liberation Mono', 'DejaVu Sans Mono', 'Bitstream Vera Sans
Mono','Courier New', monospace, sans-serif; white-space: inherit;"><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68677"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 139);">select</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68679"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
t</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68681" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color:
rgb(0,0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68683" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">table_name</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68685" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68687"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   t</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68689"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68691" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0);">column_name</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68693" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68695" style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px;border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   t</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68697" style="margin:
0px;padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68699"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">data_type</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68701"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68703" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
t</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68705" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color:
rgb(0,0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68707" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">NULLABLE</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68709" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68711"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   </span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68713"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">(</span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68715" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
139);">SELECT</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68717" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> col</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68719" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68721" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">column_name    </span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68723"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
139);">FROM</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68725" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> all_constraints cons</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68727" style="margin:
0px;padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">,</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68729"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> all_cons_columns col    </span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68731"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
139);">WHERE</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68733" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> col</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68735" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68737" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">table_name </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68739"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">=</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68741"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
t</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68743" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color:
rgb(0,0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68745" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">table_name                       </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68747"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 139);">AND</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68749"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">
cons</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68751" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color:
rgb(0,0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68753" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">constraint_type </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68755" style="margin:
0px;padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">=</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68757"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68759"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 0,
0);">'P'</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68761" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">                       </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68763" style="margin:
0px;padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 139);">AND</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68765"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> cons</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68767"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68769" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0);">constraint_name</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68771" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">=</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68773" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> col</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68775"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68777"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0);">constraint_name                      </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68779" style="margin:
0px;padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 139);">AND</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68781"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> cons</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68783"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68785" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
0);">owner</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68787" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);">=</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68789" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> col</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68791" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68793"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">owner </span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68795"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0,
139);">and</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68797" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px;
color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"> cons</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68799" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
border:0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68801" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">owner </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68803"
style="margin:0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">=</span><span class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68805"style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </span><span
class=""id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68807" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(128, 0,
0);">'MASTER_USER'</span><spanclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68809" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border:
0px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">   </span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68811" style="margin: 0px; padding:
0px;border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">)</span><span class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68813" style="margin: 0px;
padding:0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  Primary_Key_Column</span></code></pre><div class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68815"style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">from user_tab_columns
t;</div><divclass="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68817" style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">Now, I
amon Postgres (9.4.5). How can I convert the above statement into the equivalent SQL  on Postgres?</div><div class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68817"style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;"><br /></div><div class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68819"style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">Thanks</div><div class=""
id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68821"style="margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; clear: both;">Eugene</div><div class=""
dir="ltr"id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68823"><br class="" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1452135740077_68825" /></div></div></div> 

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