Ah, gotcha. That's good to know.
Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Wilson" <killroyboy@yahoo.com>
To: "Adam Lang" <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com>; <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [PHP] listing databases
> I connect using the default database which is usually
> template1. But you can access the system tables from
> a connection into any database.
>
> -Dan
>
> --- Adam Lang <aalang@rutgersinsurance.com> wrote:
> > So you just connect to the database using username,
> > password, host, and
> > port? Don't use a dbname in the connection string?
> >
> > Adam Lang
> > Systems Engineer
> > Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dan Wilson" <dan_wilson@geocities.com>
> > To: "magnus" <reduct@asa.de>;
> > <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 10:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PHP] listing databases
> >
> >
> > > Databases:
> > >
> > > SELECT datname FROM pg_databases
> > >
> > > Tables:
> > >
> > > SELECT tablename FROM pg_tables WHERE tablename
> > NOT LIKE 'pg%'
> > >
> > > The "NOT LIKE 'pg%'" filters out the system
> > tables.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in learning more about the
> > system tables, you can
> > > download my phpPgAdmin
> > (http://www.phpwizard.net/projects/phpPgAdmin) and
> > > view the source code. I have to use the system
> > tables for almost
> > > everything. If you do not want to download it,
> > you can check out the
> > source
> > > code through the snapshot page
> > (http://pgdemo.acucore.com/snapshot).
> > >
> > > -Dan Wilson
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "magnus" <reduct@asa.de>
> > > To: <pgsql-php@postgresql.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 7:02 AM
> > > Subject: [PHP] listing databases
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > Can anyone tell me how to list (1.) databases
> > and (2.) tables in a
> > > > database using php?
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Magnus Lawrie
> >
>
>
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