foreign key postgresql list code example

Example: list all foreign keys for a table postgres

select kcu.table_schema || '.' ||kcu.table_name as foreign_table,
       '>-' as rel,
       rel_tco.table_schema || '.' || rel_tco.table_name as primary_table,
       string_agg(kcu.column_name, ', ') as fk_columns,
       kcu.constraint_name
from information_schema.table_constraints tco
join information_schema.key_column_usage kcu
          on tco.constraint_schema = kcu.constraint_schema
          and tco.constraint_name = kcu.constraint_name
join information_schema.referential_constraints rco
          on tco.constraint_schema = rco.constraint_schema
          and tco.constraint_name = rco.constraint_name
join information_schema.table_constraints rel_tco
          on rco.unique_constraint_schema = rel_tco.constraint_schema
          and rco.unique_constraint_name = rel_tco.constraint_name
where tco.constraint_type = 'FOREIGN KEY'
group by kcu.table_schema,
         kcu.table_name,
         rel_tco.table_name,
         rel_tco.table_schema,
         kcu.constraint_name
order by kcu.table_schema,
         kcu.table_name;

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