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We're loading City and County data into our database, but looking to remove several fields we don't use.

Those fields we do use I'd like our users to simply highlight on a printout I give them based on a schema report from the .SHP we're getting the data from.

Is there a way to get a list of the fields in a SHP or PostGIS layer in a format such as a spreadsheet I can print off and give to users?

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    You want to do this from QGIS? Here's how you could get the schema information on a Shapefile from the command line: ogrinfo my_shapefile.shp -al -fid 1 where 1 or some valid fid is given (so that only one feature is described). – Arthur Sep 4 '13 at 18:50
  • Any particular GIS software you want to, or won't use? How about programming languages? Or are you looking for a generic option? – RyanKDalton Sep 5 '13 at 16:46
  • Generic option short of taking a screen capture...or even short of PGModeler or ArcGIS diagrammer I suppose...nothing custom unless there's no other way...just wondering what's out there... – DPSSpatial_BoycottingGISSE Sep 6 '13 at 19:06
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You can query your database's information schema using pgAdmin to get a list of columns in a particular table, then copy-paste the results into a spreadsheet to distribute. Here's an example of one kind of report you can get:

SELECT column_name, data_type, character_maximum_length
  FROM information_schema.columns 
  WHERE table_schema = 'mySchema'
  AND table_name = 'myTable'
  ORDER BY ordinal_position
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