Column names and data types for materialized views

Question

For general tables and views, I can see their data type by running the following query:

select data_type from information_schema.columns
where .....

However it does not seem that any information about materialized views appear here.

I am able to get a list of columns for a materialized view by running:

    SELECT
      a.attname as column_name
  FROM
      pg_catalog.pg_attribute a
      INNER JOIN
       (SELECT c.oid,
          n.nspname,
          c.relname
        FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
             LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
        WHERE c.relname ~ ('^(materializedview)$')
          AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)
        ORDER BY 2, 3) b
      ON a.attrelid = b.oid
      INNER JOIN
       (SELECT
            a.attrelid,
            max(a.attnum) as max_attnum
        FROM pg_catalog.pg_attribute a
        WHERE a.attnum > 0
          AND NOT a.attisdropped
        GROUP BY a.attrelid) e
      ON a.attrelid=e.attrelid
  WHERE a.attnum > 0
    AND NOT a.attisdropped
  ORDER BY a.attnum

But, I have not been able to figure out if I can determine what the underlying column/data type is.

Is there a way to view this information?

Answer 1

I think you're very close. Last step would be to join with pg_type:

join pg_catalog.pg_type as tp on tp.typelem = a.atttypid

The field tp.typname would have the datatype. Although it seems a filter must be added to remove line datatypes, whatever that is:

cast(tp.typanalyze as text) = 'array_typanalyze'

I don't fully understand the underlying data model, so use my solution below with a grain of salt. Anyway, based on your contribution I ended up with the following query which gets column datatypes using namespace (e.g., schema) and relation (e.g., materialized view) name:

select 
    ns.nspname as schema_name, 
    cls.relname as table_name, 
    attr.attname as column_name,
    trim(leading '_' from tp.typname) as datatype
from pg_catalog.pg_attribute as attr
join pg_catalog.pg_class as cls on cls.oid = attr.attrelid
join pg_catalog.pg_namespace as ns on ns.oid = cls.relnamespace
join pg_catalog.pg_type as tp on tp.typelem = attr.atttypid
where 
    ns.nspname = 'your_schema' and
    cls.relname = 'your_materialized_view' and 
    not attr.attisdropped and 
    cast(tp.typanalyze as text) = 'array_typanalyze' and 
    attr.attnum > 0
order by 
    attr.attnum

You have to change 'your_schema'and 'your_materialized_view'.