On 9/14/18 2:35 PM, Sebastian P. Luque wrote:
Hello,
I'm trying to generate a table with information on columns from a
temporary view that simply selects a subset of columns from a persistent
view in a given schema. The persistent view joins a number of tables
with columns that may or may not have a description entered. I need a
table with a list of columns from the temporary view, and the matching
descriptions from the underlying persistent view.
Here's my attempt at listing the temporary view's columns and respective
descriptions:
SELECT cols.ordinal_position, cols.column_name,
col_description(cl.oid, cols.ordinal_position::INT)
FROM pg_class cl, information_schema.columns cols
WHERE cols.table_catalog='dbname' AND cols.table_schema='some_schema' AND
cols.table_name = 'persistent_view' AND cols.table_name = cl.relname
ORDER BY cols.ordinal_position::INT;
The problem, of course, is that it lists columns from the persistent
view, instead of the subset of them in the temporary view. Is there a
better way to do that? Hopefully this makes sense.
create temp view c_data as select source_id, geography_desc from
catfish_data ;
\d c_data
View "pg_temp_3.c_data"
Column | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
----------------+-------------------+-----------+----------+---------
source_id | integer | | |
geography_desc | character varying |
SELECT cols.ordinal_position, cols.column_name,
col_description(cl.oid, cols.ordinal_position::INT)
FROM pg_class cl, information_schema.columns cols
WHERE cols.table_catalog='aquaculture' AND cols.table_schema ilike
'pg_temp%' AND
cols.table_name = 'c_data' AND cols.table_name = cl.relname
ORDER BY cols.ordinal_position::INT;
ordinal_position | column_name | col_description
------------------+----------------+-----------------
1 | source_id | NULL
2 | geography_desc | NULL
Thanks,
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Seb
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Adrian Klaver
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