>>>>> "Brett" == Brett W McCoy <bmccoy@chapelperilous.net> writes:
Brett> On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Mark Muffett wrote:
>> Is there a simple query to return the column names used in a table?
Brett> If you start up psql with the -E option, and then do \dt <tablename>, it
Brett> will spit out the SQL used to retrieve the metadata on your table. You
Brett> can use that as your basis.
A little birdy whispered in my ear that my request to push all the SQL
that psql uses into views so they'd be trivially query-able and
stackable has been put on the official TO-DO list.
So, maybe in 7.2? :)
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