Re: using pg_tables and tablename in queries

Thanks for the help everyone.  I got everything working.

The query I was orignally looking for was something like this:

SELECT  * from mytable WHERE pg_tables.tablename IN    ( select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'mytable
_%') 

It turns out that isn't what I really wanted.

I now have a nice stored procedure, with a clean interface.  Thanks
for all the help!



On 10/5/05, codeWarrior <gpatnude@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "Tom Lane" <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote in message
> news:9420.1128445291@sss.pgh.pa.us...
> > solarsail <solarsail@gmail.com> writes:
> >> I have a large number of tables with a common naming convention
> >
> >> mytable001, mytable002, mytable003 ... mytable00n
> >
> >> I would like to do a query across all of the tables, however I do not
> >> know
> >> all of the tables before hand, and I do not want to ( cant ) manually
> >> generate a query like
> >
> >> select * from mytable001, mytable002, mytable003
> >
> >> I have a query that returns the names of the tables I want to query:
> >
> >> select tablename from pg_tables where tablename like 'mytable%'
> >
> > This looks to me like a situation in which you should rethink your
> > data design.  Those tables should all get merged into one big table,
> > adding one extra column that reflects what you had been using to
> > segregate the data into different tables.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
> Sounds like a classic opportunity to use the postgreSQL inheritance model to
> me....