Thread: Regarding the correct and best way to fetching a tablename in contrib module

Hi ,

let me elaborate a bit about the things i am gonna do here , So the thing is i am developing a contrib module and wants to capture table name inside that contrib module .

question:

1. Is there any way to capture a table name during CRUD and alter table  ?

I have seen some of the triggers but not able to make it (i don't thing there is any create table trigger exist ). in case If it is possible tell me a way to achieve it.

2. I though of extracting meta-data using pg_class but not helping it seems because i have to give explicitly a  rel-name(table-name) in where clause 

do you think any other way to achieve it ? please elaborate if any and please let me know.

3. Is there any callback functions available so that i can call those callback functions inside a code and if yes at what level we get tablename attached with new datatype .

Here is some example which will make you understand a bit about the things i am gonna do .

create table new_table(name varchar , newdata newdatatype) ; 

insert into new_table values('abcdefghijkl' , '5004');

create table new_table1(name1 varchar ,   newdata newdatatype ) ; 

insert into new_table1 values('mnopqrst' , 'abcde');

So my extension should extact a tablename ,means i should know tablename with the built-in datatype I have declared .

here what i expect as a output :

create extension table_name-extract;

select extract_tablename();

table-name  datatype-name

new_table  newdatatype  

new_table1 newdatatype

extract_tablename : this function should give me a table name with new data type inside contrib module so that i can use in the extension .

Any help would be much appropriated .

Thanks and Regards,

Gaurav Mishra