Обсуждение: How do i get DDL of a Table from system catalog ?
Hi,<br /><br /> How do i get DDL of a Table from system catalog ?<br /><br /> Purpose :<br /> 1) i need to create an externaltable on the basis of another table.<br /> create table ext_table (like table_name); ------------------>this doesnot work for external tables.<br /> 2) so i need to query catalog to get definition of thetable.<br /> on the basis of this definition i can create external table .<br /> eg: i am looking for some thinglike :<br /><br /> select * from pg_catalog where table_name=' srikanth_ext_parallel_crt_sms_logs_child_depth_1_d_2008_03_30_daily' ;<br /><br /> 3) once i get the definition of the table, i need to use that definition for creation of external table in a script which will run in cron job daily for dataloading.<br /><br /> Can anyone guide/help me in this ?<br /><br /><br /><br /> Regards, <br /> Srikanth k Potluri <br/> +63 9177444783(philippines) <br />
try starting psql with -E (would show queries psql does) option and \d+ the table
To: pgsql-admin@postgresql.org
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 08:50:44 -0500
Subject: [ADMIN] How do i get DDL of a Table from system catalog ?
From: spotluri@ismartpanache.com
Hi,
How do i get DDL of a Table from system catalog ?
Purpose :
1) i need to create an external table on the basis of another table.
create table ext_table (like table_name); ------------------> this doesnot work for external tables.
try - create table ext_table (like pg_catalog.table_name); - it worked for me.
2) so i need to query catalog to get definition of the table.
on the basis of this definition i can create external table .
eg: i am looking for some thing like :
select * from pg_catalog where table_name=' srikanth_ext_parallel_crt_sms_logs_child_depth_1_d_2008_03_30_daily ' ;
3) once i get the definition of the table , i need to use that definition for creation of external table in a script which will run in cron job daily for data loading.
Can anyone guide/help me in this ?
Regards,
Srikanth k Potluri
+63 9177444783(philippines)
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