> I'm trying to figure out how i can query the postgres information > schema from a bourne shell script on linux. I need to know if a > user/table exists. Does someone mind giving me a quick example of how > this works, is this possible?
% for tn in `psql -Umnp -dmnp_gp -hstgdb0 -tA -c"select table_name from information_schema.tables where table_name like 'employee%'"`; do for> echo FOUND TABLE $tn for> done FOUND TABLE employee_role FOUND TABLE employee hope this helps, george ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq