Hello 2010/8/22 c k <shreeseva.learning@xxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all, > As I am using MS Access for a long time, many tools like ms access provides > a way to get the list of columns from a query. (using filed list in combo > boxes in ms access). But is it possible to get such list of columns from a > query where it is not known to the user, that which columns are defined in > the base 'SELECT' statement? How? I dynamically created SQL statements many > times this situation occurs where the columns are not fixed and we have to > get the list of columns from such a query. > Thanks in advance. > Yes, it is possible, you can get a description of prepared statement's result. See: PQprepare, PQdescribePrepared, PQdescribePortal. These functions are in client postgresql library - http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.4/interactive/libpq-exec.html#LIBPQ-EXEC-MAIN Regards Pavel Stehule > CPK > -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general