Re: Help...

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, sheetal wrote:

> Is there any table in postgres ,for eg pg_constraints, where in i can get the references for all the fields of a
particulartable in the data base? 
> Consider this..
>     I have
>         item master -- Item_code, Item Name
>         supplier master -- supplier_code, supplier_name
>         supplier_item_catalogue -- supplier_code references supplier master, item_code references item master
>
> Now , if i select table supplier_item_catalogue for any reason from pg_tables, i should know that related tables
item_masterand supplier_master are also to be selected. 
>
> How can i do this using php /postgres?

There's some help in techdocs.postgresql.org, in the mini-HOWTO I wrote on
Hacking the Referential Integrity Tables. This should point you in the
right direction.

-J.
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