On Fri, 14 Sep 2018 14:47:07 -0700, Adrian Klaver <adrian.klaver@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 Exactly, except that the column descriptions reside in the persistent view whereas the above pulls them from the temporary view, which are all NULL. Always learning something here. Thanks, -- Seb
