How to get a list column names and datatype of a table in PostgreSQL?

Question

With the following query, we can get a list of column names and datatype of a table in PostgreSQL.

Answer 1

To make this topic 'more complete'.

I required the column names and data types on a SELECT statement (not a table).

If you want to do this on a SELECT statement instead of an actual existing table, you can do the following:

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS abc;
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE abc AS
-- your select statement here!
SELECT 
    *
FROM foo
-- end your select statement
;

select column_name, data_type 
from information_schema.columns 
where table_name = 'abc';
DROP IF EXISTS abc;

Short explanation, it makes a (temp) table of your select statement, which you can 'call' upon via the query provided by (among others) @a_horse_with_no_name and @selva.

Hope this helps.