On Mon, Dec 12, 2005 at 23:02:52 +0200, Daniel Ariel <pgsqlinterfaces@netzach.co.il> wrote:
>
> Dear list,
>
> I am currently developing an application which needs to know information
> about table schema in order to display them correctly (specificly
> foreign keys, default values and not null characteristics).
>
> For security reasons I would prefer for it not to run as superuser.
You don't have to be a superuser to see the catalog tables. In fact people
sometimes complain about that.
>
> I may often wish to display tables which I do not own and potentially
> not even have anything other than SELECT permissions to. I will need the
> schema information for these tables.
Probably you should start by seeing if the information schema provides what
you need:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/information-schema.html
If you need more than that, then you probably want to look at the documentation
for the system catalogs:
http://developer.postgresql.org/docs/postgres/catalogs.html