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function to display ddl

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Re: function to display ddl

From
Yeb Havinga
Date:
Little, Douglas wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>  
>
> Is there a PG command or fuction that will return table ddl?
>
If you just want the definition,in psql type \d tablename.
To dump ddl the pg_dump with proper arguments can dump just the ddl of a 
single table. (see pg_dump --help)

I'm not aware of a command or function that returns it though.

Regards,
Yeb Havinga

Re: function to display ddl

From
"Ross J. Reedstrom"
Date:
On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 05:08:05PM +0100, Yeb Havinga wrote:
> Little, Douglas wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> > 
> >
> >Is there a PG command or fuction that will return table ddl?
> >
> If you just want the definition,in psql type \d tablename.
> To dump ddl the pg_dump with proper arguments can dump just the ddl of a 
> single table. (see pg_dump --help)

more of a pg-users question, but since we've got a partial answer here,
might as well complete it. Try psql -E, then \d sometable to see the
commands psql issues to generate its display.

Ross
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