Re: PostgreSQL catalog - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Thalis A. Kalfigopoulos
Subject Re: PostgreSQL catalog
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0202151559120.11314-100000@aluminum.cs.pitt.edu
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In response to PostgreSQL catalog  (f2160528@est.fib.upc.es)
List pgsql-general
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 f2160528@est.fib.upc.es wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> I need to access to PostgreSQL catalog in order
> to obtain the maximum and the minimum values of
> a relation.
>
> Does anyone know how to do this from a C
> program???
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> David.

I'ts sort of vague what you mean by "max/min value of a relation". If you mean the "max/min value of an attribute of a
relation",then no need to access the catalog. It's pure SQL, and to do it through a C program, read about embeded SQL
andits preprocessor at: 
http://www.postgresql.org/idocs/index.php?ecpg.html

cheers,
thalis

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