If You use java then that is DatabaseMetaData.getColumns etc
regards
Haris Peco
On Monday 09 September 2002 11:30 pm, Andrew Bulmer wrote:
> I'm trying to write an Access clone in java that will
> use PostGres as a backend. Problem is, I need to be
> able to list all the fields (and data types) in a
> table. I know about "\d" but that only seems to work
> on the command line client (doesn't work if I pass it
> in as a query). I know in mysql DESCRIBE <table> will
> do it... is there an equivalent in postgres? I tried
> google but all I could find were references to the \d command.
>
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