diff --git a/lib/schema.pgsql.php b/lib/schema.pgsql.php
index 7291106dc2..91bc09667c 100644
--- a/lib/schema.pgsql.php
+++ b/lib/schema.pgsql.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class PgsqlSchema extends Schema
 
     public function getTableDef($name)
     {
-        $res = $this->conn->query('DESCRIBE ' . $name);
+        $res = $this->conn->query("select *, column_default as default, is_nullable as Null, udt_name as Type, column_name AS Field from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where table_name = '$name'");
 
         if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
             throw new Exception($res->getMessage());
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ class PgsqlSchema extends Schema
         $row = array();
 
         while ($res->fetchInto($row, DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC)) {
-
+//             var_dump($row);
             $cd = new ColumnDef();
 
-            $cd->name = $row['Field'];
+            $cd->name = $row['field'];
 
-            $packed = $row['Type'];
+            $packed = $row['type'];
 
             if (preg_match('/^(\w+)\((\d+)\)$/', $packed, $match)) {
                 $cd->type = $match[1];
@@ -89,14 +89,13 @@ class PgsqlSchema extends Schema
                 $cd->type = $packed;
             }
 
-            $cd->nullable = ($row['Null'] == 'YES') ? true : false;
+            $cd->nullable = ($row['null'] == 'YES') ? true : false;
             $cd->key      = $row['Key'];
-            $cd->default  = $row['Default'];
+            $cd->default  = $row['default'];
             $cd->extra    = $row['Extra'];
 
             $td->columns[] = $cd;
         }
-
         return $td;
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/schema.php b/lib/schema.php
index c1636c21d8..27a4deda11 100644
--- a/lib/schema.php
+++ b/lib/schema.php
@@ -84,66 +84,6 @@ class Schema
         return self::$_single;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns a TableDef object for the table
-     * in the schema with the given name.
-     *
-     * Throws an exception if the table is not found.
-     *
-     * @param string $name Name of the table to get
-     *
-     * @return TableDef tabledef for that table.
-     */
-
-    public function getTableDef($name)
-    {
-        if(common_config('db','type') == 'pgsql') {
-            $res = $this->conn->query("select column_default as default, is_nullable as Null, udt_name as Type, column_name AS Field from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS where table_name = '$name'");
-        }
-        else { 
-            $res = $this->conn->query('DESCRIBE ' . $name);
-        }
-
-        if (PEAR::isError($res)) {
-            throw new Exception($res->getMessage());
-        }
-
-        $td = new TableDef();
-
-        $td->name    = $name;
-        $td->columns = array();
-
-        $row = array();
-
-        while ($res->fetchInto($row, DB_FETCHMODE_ASSOC)) {
-            //lower case the keys, because the php postgres driver is case insentive for column names
-	    foreach($row as $k=>$v) {
-               $row[strtolower($k)] = $row[$k];
-            }
-
-            $cd = new ColumnDef();
-
-            $cd->name = $row['field'];
-
-            $packed = $row['type'];
-
-            if (preg_match('/^(\w+)\((\d+)\)$/', $packed, $match)) {
-                $cd->type = $match[1];
-                $cd->size = $match[2];
-            } else {
-                $cd->type = $packed;
-            }
-
-            $cd->nullable = ($row['null'] == 'YES') ? true : false;
-            $cd->key      = $row['Key'];
-            $cd->default  = $row['default'];
-            $cd->extra    = $row['Extra'];
-
-            $td->columns[] = $cd;
-        }
-
-        return $td;
-    }
 
     /**
      * Gets a ColumnDef object for a single column.