"Andy Chambers" <achambers@xxxxxxxx> writes: > Is there anywhere in the postgres catalog where one can access metadata > about a held cursor. The pg_cursors system view offers some info ... > Type information > in particular would be really useful. ... but not that. Usually the best way to get information about the columns of a table/view/cursor is to fetch a row from it and use the metadata that's provided by the fetch mechanism. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general