Thread: Getting table attributes

Dear All,

I'm trying to get a table containing all the user created tables, which
contains the column name and their types. Basically,  I want to be able to
do "\d all_user_tables" - but I can't use the \d notation.

I tried to combine the pg_ tables, but I couldn't get what I wanted (due to
my lack of skill).

Any ideas?

Thanks

Colin

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this query will list every table (with its attributes) in the "public" schema. You could alter the where clause to add more schemas (maybe using IN):

SELECT
N.nspname,
C.relname,
A.attname,
pg_catalog.format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod) AS typeName
FROM
pg_class C,
pg_namespace N,
pg_attribute A,
pg_type T
WHERE
(C.relkind='r') AND
(N.oid=C.relnamespace) AND
(A.attrelid=C.oid) AND
(A.atttypid=T.oid) AND
(A.attnum>0) AND
(NOT A.attisdropped) AND
(N.nspname ILIKE 'public')
ORDER BY
C.oid, A.attnum;


On Fri, 2004-02-06 at 13:53, C G wrote:

Dear All,

I'm trying to get a table containing all the user created tables, which 
contains the column name and their types. Basically,  I want to be able to 
do "\d all_user_tables" - but I can't use the \d notation.

I tried to combine the pg_ tables, but I couldn't get what I wanted (due to 
my lack of skill).

Any ideas?

Thanks

Colin

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On Fri, Feb 06, 2004 at 04:53:47PM +0000, C G wrote:
>
> I'm trying to get a table containing all the user created tables, which
> contains the column name and their types. Basically,  I want to be able to
> do "\d all_user_tables" - but I can't use the \d notation.
>
> I tried to combine the pg_ tables, but I couldn't get what I wanted (due to
> my lack of skill).
>
> Any ideas?

If you start psql with the -E flag then it'll show you the SQL query
it generates for the various \commands as you run them.

If you're using a recent version of postgres you can probably find the
data in a more version-independent way within information_schema, but I've
not played with that yet.

Cheers,
  Steve