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?
You can either query the information_schema's tables and views, or you can start psql with the '-E' switch and view the queries its sending and modify them to fit your requirements.
http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/static/information-schema.html
HTH,
Mike Mascari
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