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Old 04-19-2008, 06:01 PM
Sofer, Yuval
 
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Default how do I get table DDL from psql (not from pg_dump)

Hi



I need to extract table DDL (create script) from database connection
(using sql, by retrieving system table info or by activating some pg
function)



Is this possible in postgres?



Please help



Thanks



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Old 04-19-2008, 06:01 PM
A. Kretschmer
 
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am Wed, dem 27.02.2008, um 5:22:33 -0600 mailte Sofer, Yuval folgendes:
> Hi
>
>
>
> I need to extract table DDL (create script) from database connection (using
> sql, by retrieving system table info or by activating some pg function)
>
>
>
> Is this possible in postgres?


Why not using pg_dump?

You can specify with -n and -t an arbitrary table and with -s you get
only the DDL, not the data.


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Old 04-19-2008, 06:01 PM
Lew
 
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A. Kretschmer wrote:
> am Wed, dem 27.02.2008, um 5:22:33 -0600 mailte Sofer, Yuval folgendes:
>> Hi
>>
>>
>>
>> I need to extract table DDL (create script) from database connection (using
>> sql, by retrieving system table info or by activating some pg function)
>>
>>
>>
>> Is this possible in postgres?

>
> Why not using pg_dump?
>
> You can specify with -n and -t an arbitrary table and with -s you get
> only the DDL, not the data.


The "-s" option has come up as an answer to both multi-posted instances of
this question.

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Old 04-19-2008, 06:01 PM
Frank Bax
 
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Sofer, Yuval wrote:
> I need to extract table DDL (create script) from database connection
> (using sql, by retrieving system table info or by activating some pg
> function)



This command should output the SQL you need...

echo '\d tablename' | psql -E



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