Re: [GENERAL] getting information of tables and indexes

[Sean Davis]

You can query the information schema:   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/information-schema.html   More specifically:   http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/static/infoschema-columns.html   Hope that answers your question.   Sean   ----- Original Message ----- From: Srikanth Utpala (Virinchi) To: pgsql-general@PostgreSQL.org Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 1:42 AM Subject: [GENERAL] getting information of tables and indexes Hi                 I am Srikanth.  I want to get the information about all tables in the existing postgresql . I want list all the tables and its columns information by executing a simple SQL statement like in oracle. We have a view like “user_tab_columns” in oracle to get all the information of  the tables of a user. Can we have nay option like this in postgresql can u help out in this.             And also I want to get all constraints in the database and also respective parent tables and parent columns for the referential constrains. Please help in this issues.             I will be thankful to you for your helping in this   Regards, Srikanth.Utpala      ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command     (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to [EMAIL PROTECTED])