Re: Querying the schema for column widths - what syntax do I use?

From: "A(dot) Kretschmer" <andreas(dot)kretschmer(at)schollglas(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Querying the schema for column widths - what syntax do I use?
Date: 2008-02-21 11:12:07
Message-ID: 20080221111207.GD22594@a-kretschmer.de
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am Thu, dem 21.02.2008, um 10:44:32 +0000 mailte Howard Wilkinson folgendes:
> I am working on some upgrades to the MyDNS open source product. I have
> some expertise in MySQL but am not overly familiar with PostgreSQL and
> need some guidance on how to query the schema for the maximum size of
> data a column can hold.
>
> In MySQL I can do either: a "DESCRIBE" command or do "SELECT COLUMNS"
> command. And then parse the result for the length in the type column of
> the row returned. How would I do a similar function using PostgreSQL - I
> have tried to find this in the manuals and in this mailing list but not
> found any pointers to get me started.

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