PG_GET_LATE_BINDING_VIEW_COLS
Returns the column metadata for all late-binding views in the database. For more information, see Late-binding views
Syntax
pg_get_late_binding_view_cols()
Return type
VARCHAR
Usage notes
The PG_GET_LATE_BINDING_VIEW_COLS function returns one row for each
column in late-binding views. The row contains a comma-separated list with the schema
name, relation name, column name, data type, and column number.
Example
The following example returns the column metadata for all late-binding views.
select pg_get_late_binding_view_cols(); pg_get_late_binding_view_cols ------------------------------------------------------------ (public,myevent,eventname,"character varying(200)",1) (public,sales_lbv,salesid,integer,1) (public,sales_lbv,listid,integer,2) (public,sales_lbv,sellerid,integer,3) (public,sales_lbv,buyerid,integer,4) (public,sales_lbv,eventid,integer,5) (public,sales_lbv,dateid,smallint,6) (public,sales_lbv,qtysold,smallint,7) (public,sales_lbv,pricepaid,"numeric(8,2)",8) (public,sales_lbv,commission,"numeric(8,2)",9) (public,sales_lbv,saletime,"timestamp without time zone",10) (public,event_lbv,eventid,integer,1) (public,event_lbv,venueid,smallint,2) (public,event_lbv,catid,smallint,3) (public,event_lbv,dateid,smallint,4) (public,event_lbv,eventname,"character varying(200)",5) (public,event_lbv,starttime,"timestamp without time zone",6)
The following example returns the column metadata for all late-binding views in table format.
select * from pg_get_late_binding_view_cols() cols(view_schema name, view_name name, col_name name, col_type varchar, col_num int); view_schema | view_name | col_name | col_type | col_num ------------+-----------+------------+-----------------------------+-------- public | sales_lbv | salesid | integer | 1 public | sales_lbv | listid | integer | 2 public | sales_lbv | sellerid | integer | 3 public | sales_lbv | buyerid | integer | 4 public | sales_lbv | eventid | integer | 5 public | sales_lbv | dateid | smallint | 6 public | sales_lbv | qtysold | smallint | 7 public | sales_lbv | pricepaid | numeric(8,2) | 8 public | sales_lbv | commission | numeric(8,2) | 9 public | sales_lbv | saletime | timestamp without time zone | 10 public | event_lbv | eventid | integer | 1 public | event_lbv | venueid | smallint | 2 public | event_lbv | catid | smallint | 3 public | event_lbv | dateid | smallint | 4 public | event_lbv | eventname | character varying(200) | 5 public | event_lbv | starttime | timestamp without time zone | 6