Re: Column names and datatypes

From: Glenn Sullivan <glenn(dot)sullivan(at)varianinc(dot)com>
To: "Carl E(dot) McMillin" <carlymac(at)earthlink(dot)net>
Cc: "'pgsql-general'" <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Column names and datatypes
Date: 2004-05-14 20:19:20
Message-ID: 40A529C8.9080509@varianinc.com
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Carl,

That is what I need. Thanks.

Glenn

Carl E. McMillin wrote:
> Use getMetadata of Connection. According to jdocs, the DatabaseMetaData
> object can probably give you what you are looking for.
>
> Carl <|};-)>
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> Subject: [GENERAL] Column names and datatypes
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> I need to acquire the list of all column names and datatypes from a table
> through the JDBC interface using an sql command. What I want is available in
> "psql" with the "\d tablename" command, but I cannot figure out how to get
> these via an sql command. Can anyone help?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Glenn
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