-- define all of the columns in the table; https://stackoverflow.com/a/8153081/3068233
FOR v_column_record IN
SELECT c.column_name,
c.data_type,
c.character_maximum_length,
c.is_nullable,
c.column_default
FROM information_schema.columns c
WHERE (table_schema, table_name) = (in_schema_name, in_table_name)
ORDER BY ordinal_position
LOOP
v_table_ddl := v_table_ddl || ' ' -- note: two char spacer to start, to indent the column
|| '"' || v_column_record.column_name || '" '
|| v_column_record.data_type || CASE WHEN v_column_record.character_maximum_length IS NOT NULL THEN ('(' || v_column_record.character_maximum_length || ')') ELSE '' END || ' '
|| CASE WHEN v_column_record.is_nullable = 'NO' THEN 'NOT NULL' ELSE 'NULL' END
|| CASE WHEN v_column_record.column_default IS NOT null THEN (' DEFAULT ' || v_column_record.column_default) ELSE '' END
|| ',' || E'\n';
END LOOP;
-- define all the constraints in the; https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/catalog-pg-constraint.html && https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/214877/75296
FOR v_constraint_record IN
SELECT con.conname as constraint_name,
con.contype as constraint_type,
CASE
WHEN con.contype = 'p' THEN 1 -- primary key constraint
WHEN con.contype = 'u' THEN 2 -- unique constraint
WHEN con.contype = 'f' THEN 3 -- foreign key constraint
WHEN con.contype = 'c' THEN 4
ELSE 5
END as type_rank,
pg_get_constraintdef(con.oid) as constraint_definition
FROM pg_catalog.pg_constraint con
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_class rel ON rel.oid = con.conrelid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace nsp ON nsp.oid = connamespace
WHERE nsp.nspname = in_schema_name
AND rel.relname = in_table_name
ORDER BY type_rank
LOOP
IF v_constraint_record.constraint_type = 'p' THEN
v_table_ddl := v_table_ddl || ' '
|| v_constraint_record.constraint_definition
|| ',' || E'\n';
ELSE
v_table_ddl := v_table_ddl || ' ' -- note: two char spacer to start, to indent the column