MS SQL Server syslog equivalent table in POSTGRESQL

[VCNewbie]

Is there a way to get a table information from a POSTGRESQL database much like the one in SQL Server's sys_objects table? I need to code a javabean which will programatically read table information like the number of fields of a certain table and the data type of each field. How will I be able to achieve this in POSTGRESQL? Thanks in advance!

Raymond (now a java newbie =) )

 

[SteveBrett]

The system tables in postgresql are prefixed pg_<table name> and are numerous ... i'm sure i've seena pg_tables in there at some point but for some reson i can't seem to find it on the cygwin db i'm using under windoze ... ahh it's a view.
they're well worth further investigation though ....

Steve