Made get_table_list return a TableInfo named tuple

django/db/backends/__init__.py

@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils import six
 from django.utils import timezone
 
+# Structure returned by DatabaseIntrospection.get_table_list()
+TableInfo = namedtuple('TableInfo', ['name', 'type'])
+
+# Structure returned by the DB-API cursor.description interface (PEP 249)
+FieldInfo = namedtuple('FieldInfo',
+    'name type_code display_size internal_size precision scale null_ok')
+
 
 class BaseDatabaseWrapper(object):
     """
@@ -1235,11 +1242,6 @@ class BaseDatabaseOperations(object):
         return self.integer_field_ranges[internal_type]
 
 
-# Structure returned by the DB-API cursor.description interface (PEP 249)
-FieldInfo = namedtuple('FieldInfo',
-    'name type_code display_size internal_size precision scale null_ok')
-
-
 class BaseDatabaseIntrospection(object):
     """
     This class encapsulates all backend-specific introspection utilities
@@ -1281,13 +1283,13 @@ class BaseDatabaseIntrospection(object):
         """
         if cursor is None:
             with self.connection.cursor() as cursor:
-                return sorted(self.get_table_list(cursor))
-        return sorted(self.get_table_list(cursor))
+                return sorted([ti.name for ti in self.get_table_list(cursor) if ti.type == 't'])
+        return sorted([ti.name for ti in self.get_table_list(cursor) if ti.type == 't'])
 
     def get_table_list(self, cursor):
         """
-        Returns an unsorted list of names of all tables that exist in the
-        database.
+        Returns an unsorted list of TableInfo named tuples of all tables and
+        views that exist in the database.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError('subclasses of BaseDatabaseIntrospection may require a get_table_list() method')
 

django/db/backends/mysql/introspection.py

 import re
 from .base import FIELD_TYPE
 from django.utils.datastructures import OrderedSet
-from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo, TableInfo
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 
@@ -33,9 +33,12 @@ class DatabaseIntrospection(BaseDatabaseIntrospection):
     }
 
     def get_table_list(self, cursor):
-        "Returns a list of table names in the current database."
-        cursor.execute("SHOW TABLES")
-        return [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+        """
+        Returns a list of table and view names in the current database.
+        """
+        cursor.execute("SHOW FULL TABLES")
+        return [TableInfo(row[0], {'BASE TABLE': 't', 'VIEW': 'v'}.get(row[1]))
+                for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
     def get_table_description(self, cursor, table_name):
         """

django/db/backends/oracle/introspection.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import re
 
 import cx_Oracle
 
-from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo, TableInfo
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 foreign_key_re = re.compile(r"\sCONSTRAINT `[^`]*` FOREIGN KEY \(`([^`]*)`\) REFERENCES `([^`]*)` \(`([^`]*)`\)")
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ class DatabaseIntrospection(BaseDatabaseIntrospection):
         return super(DatabaseIntrospection, self).get_field_type(data_type, description)
 
     def get_table_list(self, cursor):
-        "Returns a list of table names in the current database."
-        cursor.execute("SELECT TABLE_NAME FROM USER_TABLES")
-        return [row[0].lower() for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+        """
+        Returns a list of table and view names in the current database.
+        """
+        cursor.execute("SELECT TABLE_NAME, 't' FROM USER_TABLES UNION ALL "
+                       "SELECT VIEW_NAME, 'v' FROM USER_VIEWS")
+        return [TableInfo(row[0].lower(), row[1]) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
     def get_table_description(self, cursor, table_name):
         "Returns a description of the table, with the DB-API cursor.description interface."

django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/introspection.py

 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo, TableInfo
 from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 
 
@@ -29,15 +29,19 @@ class DatabaseIntrospection(BaseDatabaseIntrospection):
     ignored_tables = []
 
     def get_table_list(self, cursor):
-        "Returns a list of table names in the current database."
+        """
+        Returns a list of table and view names in the current database.
+        """
         cursor.execute("""
-            SELECT c.relname
+            SELECT c.relname, c.relkind
             FROM pg_catalog.pg_class c
             LEFT JOIN pg_catalog.pg_namespace n ON n.oid = c.relnamespace
-            WHERE c.relkind IN ('r', 'v', '')
+            WHERE c.relkind IN ('r', 'v')
                 AND n.nspname NOT IN ('pg_catalog', 'pg_toast')
                 AND pg_catalog.pg_table_is_visible(c.oid)""")
-        return [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall() if row[0] not in self.ignored_tables]
+        return [TableInfo(row[0], {'r':'t', 'v': 'v'}.get(row[1]))
+                for row in cursor.fetchall()
+                if row[0] not in self.ignored_tables]
 
     def get_table_description(self, cursor, table_name):
         "Returns a description of the table, with the DB-API cursor.description interface."

django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py

 import re
 
-from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseIntrospection, FieldInfo, TableInfo
 
 
 field_size_re = re.compile(r'^\s*(?:var)?char\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*\)\s*$')
@@ -54,14 +54,16 @@ class DatabaseIntrospection(BaseDatabaseIntrospection):
     data_types_reverse = FlexibleFieldLookupDict()
 
     def get_table_list(self, cursor):
-        "Returns a list of table names in the current database."
+        """
+        Returns a list of table and view names in the current database.
+        """
         # Skip the sqlite_sequence system table used for autoincrement key
         # generation.
         cursor.execute("""
-            SELECT name FROM sqlite_master
+            SELECT name, type FROM sqlite_master
             WHERE type in ('table', 'view') AND NOT name='sqlite_sequence'
             ORDER BY name""")
-        return [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
+        return [TableInfo(row[0], row[1][0]) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
     def get_table_description(self, cursor, table_name):
         "Returns a description of the table, with the DB-API cursor.description interface."