Thread: database field list

Hi,

I've been scouring the system tables for a way to return a list of
fields across all tables of a database.  I see that pg_attribute is the
one to query here, but I'm not sure how to rule out system fields.
Thanks in advance for any pointers.

Cheers,

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Seb

Seb wrote on 29.05.2011 23:04:
> Hi,
>
> I've been scouring the system tables for a way to return a list of
> fields across all tables of a database.  I see that pg_attribute is the
> one to query here, but I'm not sure how to rule out system fields.
> Thanks in advance for any pointers.
>

information_schema.columns is probably easier to look at:

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/infoschema-columns.html

Thomas

On Sun, 29 May 2011 23:11:50 +0200,
Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater@gmx.net> wrote:

> Seb wrote on 29.05.2011 23:04:
>> Hi,

>> I've been scouring the system tables for a way to return a list of
>> fields across all tables of a database.  I see that pg_attribute is
>> the one to query here, but I'm not sure how to rule out system
>> fields.  Thanks in advance for any pointers.


> information_schema.columns is probably easier to look at:

> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/infoschema-columns.html

This is perfect!

Thanks,

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Seb