SELECT c.column_name, c.data_type
FROM information_schema.table_constraints tc
JOIN information_schema.constraint_column_usage AS ccu USING (constraint_schema, constraint_name)
JOIN information_schema.columns AS c ON c.table_schema = tc.constraint_schema
AND tc.table_name = c.table_name AND ccu.column_name = c.column_name
WHERE constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY' and tc.table_name = 'mytable';
SELECT
pg_attribute.attname,
format_type(pg_attribute.atttypid, pg_attribute.atttypmod)
FROM pg_index, pg_class, pg_attribute, pg_namespace
WHERE
pg_class.oid = 'foo'::regclass AND
indrelid = pg_class.oid AND
nspname = 'public' AND
pg_class.relnamespace = pg_namespace.oid AND
pg_attribute.attrelid = pg_class.oid AND
pg_attribute.attnum = any(pg_index.indkey)
AND indisprimary
WITH ndx_list AS
(
SELECT pg_index.indexrelid
FROM pg_index, pg_class
WHERE pg_class.relname = 'test_indices_table'
AND pg_class.oid = pg_index.indrelid
AND pg_index.indisprimary
), ndx_cols AS
(
SELECT pg_class.relname AS index_name, UNNEST(i.indkey) AS col_ndx, i.indisunique, i.indisprimary
FROM pg_class, pg_index i
WHERE pg_class.oid = i.indexrelid
AND pg_class.oid IN (SELECT indexrelid FROM ndx_list)
)
SELECT ndx_cols.index_name, ndx_cols.indisunique, ndx_cols.indisprimary,
a.attname, format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod), a.attnum
FROM pg_class c, pg_attribute a
JOIN ndx_cols ON (a.attnum = ndx_cols.col_ndx)
WHERE c.oid = 'test_indices_table'::regclass
AND a.attrelid = c.oid
SELECT
a.attname,
format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod)
FROM
pg_attribute a
JOIN (SELECT *, GENERATE_SUBSCRIPTS(indkey, 1) AS indkey_subscript FROM pg_index) AS i
ON
i.indisprimary
AND i.indrelid = a.attrelid
AND a.attnum = i.indkey[i.indkey_subscript]
WHERE
a.attrelid = 'your_table'::regclass
ORDER BY
i.indkey_subscript
SELECT a.attname
FROM pg_index i
JOIN pg_attribute a ON a.attrelid = i.indrelid
AND a.attnum = ANY(i.indkey)
WHERE i.indrelid = 'tablename'::regclass
AND i.indisprimary;
SELECT
conrelid::regclass AS table_from,
conname,
pg_get_constraintdef ( c.oid )
FROM
pg_constraint c
JOIN pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.connamespace
WHERE
contype IN ( 'f', 'p ' )
AND conrelid::regclass::TEXT IN ( 'foo' )
ORDER BY
conrelid::regclass::TEXT,
contype DESC
SELECT string_agg(a.attname, ', ') AS pk
FROM
pg_constraint AS c
CROSS JOIN LATERAL UNNEST(c.conkey) AS cols(colnum) -- conkey is a list of the columns of the constraint; so we split it into rows so that we can join all column numbers onto their names in pg_attribute
INNER JOIN pg_attribute AS a ON a.attrelid = c.conrelid AND cols.colnum = a.attnum
WHERE
c.contype = 'p' -- p = primary key constraint
AND c.conrelid = '<schemaname>.<tablename>'::REGCLASS; -- regclass will type the name of the object to its internal oid
SELECT a.attname AS name, format_type(a.atttypid, a.atttypmod) AS type
FROM
pg_class AS c
JOIN pg_index AS i ON c.oid = i.indrelid AND i.indisprimary
JOIN pg_attribute AS a ON c.oid = a.attrelid AND a.attnum = ANY(i.indkey)
WHERE c.oid = 'example'::regclass