Re: Feature request

"Scott Miller" <smiller@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
> One problem I've had in development recently is the inability to get the
> aliased name of a table from a query.  We're using a PHP framework for
> querying, which internally uses pg_field_name to retrieve the select
list
> field name, which is great.  There is alwo pg_table_name, to retrieve
the
> table the field originated from.  The problem is that this returns the
name
> of the table, unaliased.  If a query does a self join, you can't
retrieve a
> distingui****ng table alias name for that field.

Sup****ting this would require a protocol change (to allow an additional
field in the result description message).  So don't hold your breath :-(

			regards, tom lane

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