Re: pg_catalog forward compatibility

From: "Pavel Stehule" <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Robert Gobeille" <bob(dot)gobeille(at)hp(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pg_catalog forward compatibility
Date: 2008-09-02 15:58:01
Message-ID: 162867790809020858u4a11c034tc2feb6868d86779b@mail.gmail.com
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Hello

2008/9/2 Robert Gobeille <bob(dot)gobeille(at)hp(dot)com>:
> Is there a better way to query a database definition than select from
> pg_catalog tables and views? For example, when I put out a new software
> update, I need to verify that all the table, column, constraint, etc
> definitions are correct for the update.
>

information_schema

http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/interactive/information-schema.html

Regards
Pavel Stehule

> Thanks,
> Bob
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