Re: viewing the description of tables from python DB-API

On Tue, 2006-08-01 at 18:14, Rodrigo De Leon wrote:
> On 8/1/06, Daniel Joo <djoo@vistagen-inc.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
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> > Is there a way to view the list of all tables from python (or any other
> > languages for that matter) DB-API?  What I'm looking for is a command
> > similar to the meta-command '\d' that works with the psql client.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much!
> >
> >
> >
> > Dan
> 
> There's also the INFORMATION_SCHEMA:
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> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/information-schema.html

Quick note.  The INFORMATION_SCHEMA should stay pretty static from one
pgsql version to the next, while the queries that psql -E shows will
likely change from one version to another.