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Note: The following description applies both to Postgres-XC and PostgreSQL if not described explicitly.
The view element_types contains the data type descriptors of the elements of arrays. When a table column, domain, function parameter, or function return value is defined to be of an array type, the respective information schema view only contains ARRAY in the column data_type. To obtain information on the element type of the array, you can join the respective view with this view. For example, to show the columns of a table with data types and array element types, if applicable, you could do:
SELECT c.column_name, c.data_type, e.data_type AS element_type FROM information_schema.columns c LEFT JOIN information_schema.element_types e ON ((c.table_catalog, c.table_schema, c.table_name, 'TABLE', c.dtd_identifier) = (e.object_catalog, e.object_schema, e.object_name, e.object_type, e.dtd_identifier)) WHERE c.table_schema = '...' AND c.table_name = '...' ORDER BY c.ordinal_position;
This view only includes objects that the current user has access to, by way of being the owner or having some privilege.
Table 33-20. element_types Columns
Name | Data Type | Description |
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object_catalog | sql_identifier | Name of the database that contains the object that uses the array being described (always the current database) |
object_schema | sql_identifier | Name of the schema that contains the object that uses the array being described |
object_name | sql_identifier | Name of the object that uses the array being described |
object_type | character_data | The type of the object that uses the array being described: one of TABLE (the array is used by a column of that table), DOMAIN (the array is used by that domain), ROUTINE (the array is used by a parameter or the return data type of that function). |
dtd_identifier | sql_identifier | The identifier of the data type descriptor of the array being described |
data_type | character_data | Data type of the array elements, if it is a built-in type, else USER-DEFINED (in that case, the type is identified in udt_name and associated columns). |
character_maximum_length | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
character_octet_length | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
character_set_catalog | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
character_set_schema | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
character_set_name | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
collation_catalog | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
collation_schema | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
collation_name | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
numeric_precision | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
numeric_precision_radix | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
numeric_scale | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
datetime_precision | cardinal_number | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
interval_type | character_data | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
interval_precision | character_data | Always null, since this information is not applied to array element data types in Postgres-XC |
domain_default | character_data | Not yet implemented |
udt_catalog | sql_identifier | Name of the database that the data type of the elements is defined in (always the current database) |
udt_schema | sql_identifier | Name of the schema that the data type of the elements is defined in |
udt_name | sql_identifier | Name of the data type of the elements |
scope_catalog | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
scope_schema | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
scope_name | sql_identifier | Applies to a feature not available in Postgres-XC |
maximum_cardinality | cardinal_number | Always null, because arrays always have unlimited maximum cardinality in Postgres-XC |