Re: Get table catalog from pg_indexes

On 11/27/22 15:55, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 11/27/22 13:31, Ron wrote:
>> On 11/27/22 11:22, Igor Korot wrote:
>>> Hi, ALL,
>>> Table pg_indexes does not contain a field for a catalog.
>>>
>>> So how do I get that?
>>>
>>> SELECT 1 FROM pg_indexes WHERE indexname = $1 AND tablename = $2 AND
>>> schemaname = $3
>>
>> You did not look hard enough, or Google "postgresql pg_indexes".
>>
>> test=# \d pg_indexes
>>              View "pg_catalog.pg_indexes"
>>     Column   | Type | Collation | Nullable | Default
>> ------------+------+-----------+----------+---------
>> *schemaname* | name | |          |
>> *tablename*  | name | |          |
>> *indexname*  | name | |          |
>>   tablespace | name |           |          |
>>   indexdef   | text |           |          |
>>
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/view-pg-indexes.html
>
> What the OP was looking for a field in the above that was catalogname or 
> datname per:

I've never heard of a database referred to as a catalog.  (That's always 
been where a database's metadata -- i.e. the pg_catalog schema -- is stored.)

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