Thread: tables not in list

Hi List,

I have a list of table names and I am trying to confirm that they are all in my postgres db.  But what I want returned is a list/array of ones that are in my list but not in the db.  So for example:

CREATE TABLE test

(

   somecol integer

) WITHOUT OIDS;

CREATE TABLE bar

(

   barcol integer

) WITHOUT OIDS;

Now if I were to have a list of table names that included 'test', 'bar', and 'foo', then how do I get 'foo' to return.  Here is what I have, but it returns the ones that are in the list and I want the opposite of that.

select array(

select table_name::text from information_schema.tables where table_catalog='postgres' and table_type='BASE TABLE' and table_schema='public'

and table_name = any (array['test', 'bar', 'foo']))

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Lee

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put all your tables in a new table (public.tables)

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Lee Keel wrote:
> Is there no way to do this without doing an insert into another table?
>
I usually resolve this as:
-- this function lets you select from an array
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "array_to_set" (vaarray anyarray) RETURNS
SETOF anyelement AS
$body$
BEGIN
   FOR I IN COALESCE(ARRAY_LOWER(VAARRAY, 1), 1) ..
COALESCE(ARRAY_UPPER(VAARRAY, 1), 0) LOOP
       RETURN NEXT VAARRAY[I];
   END LOOP;
END
$body$
LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';

select table_name
  from array_to_set(array['test', 'bar', 'foo']) as table_name
  where table_name not in (select table_name from
information_schema.tables where table_catalog='postgres' and
table_type='BASE TABLE' and table_schema='public')

regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Viatcheslav Kalinin [mailto:vka@ipcb.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 9:16 AM
> To: Lee Keel
> Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [GENERAL] tables not in list
>
> I usually resolve this as:
> -- this function lets you select from an array
> CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION "array_to_set" (vaarray anyarray) RETURNS
> SETOF anyelement AS
> $body$
> BEGIN
>    FOR I IN COALESCE(ARRAY_LOWER(VAARRAY, 1), 1) ..
> COALESCE(ARRAY_UPPER(VAARRAY, 1), 0) LOOP
>        RETURN NEXT VAARRAY[I];
>    END LOOP;
> END
> $body$
> LANGUAGE 'plpgsql';
>
> select table_name
>   from array_to_set(array['test', 'bar', 'foo']) as table_name
>   where table_name not in (select table_name from
> information_schema.tables where table_catalog='postgres' and
> table_type='BASE TABLE' and table_schema='public')
>
> regards

THANKS!  That was exactly what I needed!
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