2008/7/23 Maximilian Tyrtania <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi again, > >>> Hi there, just a quickie: Is there a way to select all default values of a >>> given table? Something like "Select Default values from sometable" ? > >> it's not possible directly, you can find expressions used as default >> in system tables or >> postgres=# create table f(a integer default 1, b integer); >> CREATE TABLE >> postgres=# insert into f(a,b) values(default, default) returning *; >> a | b >> ---+--- >> 1 | >> (1 row) >> >> INSERT 0 1 >> regards >> Pavel Stehule > > ah, I see, smart, the problem with this is just that I don't actually want > to insert the record just yet. I just want to hand the default values over > to my app. Well, of course my app could still delete the record later on, > but still that seems cumbersome..
begin insert ... rollback; it's not best solution, but it just works. regards Pavel > > Thanks a lot and best wishes from Berlin, > > Maximilian Tyrtania > > > -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
