Re: existence of column name

[John R Pierce <pierce@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eric Smith wrote:
> All,
>
> From the C API, how do I check for the existence of a column name in a 
> given table?

   select data_type from information_schema.columns where 
table_schema='public' and table_name='given_table' and 
column_name='some_column';

that will return the data_type if the column exists, or return zero rows 
if it doesn't.



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