Re: query column def

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2001-08-21T19:22:59Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Peter Harvey <pharvey@codebydesign.com> writes:
> Is this information availible somewhere in the catalog tables?

Yes, in the atttypmod column of pg_attribute.

I'd recommend looking at psql's \d commands (describe.c), or at
pg_dump, to see the approved way to retrieve catalog info.  Those
are kept up to date pretty faithfully, whereas other interfaces
aren't necessarily.  (Feel free to submit a patch to fix ODBC...)

			regards, tom lane