If you haven't figured this out already, try this:

SELECT DISTINCT f_table_name FROM geometry_columns;

HTH.
Chris

Quoting Matt Lynch <matt@terraEngine.com>:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> I have used addgeometry column for all my tables, so how would I do the
> query?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matt
> 
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> 
> If you manage your columns carefully using addgeometrycolumn and
> dropgeometrycolumn, you should be able to do this with a trivial query
> against GEOMETRY_COLUMNS.
> 
> Paul
> 
> Matt Lynch wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to be able to query for all the polygon tables in a
> > specific postgis database.
> >
> > I dug around on the net and figured out how to find all the tables,
> > that is
> >
> > SELECT c.relname, 'table'::text, u.usename FROM pg_class c,pg_user u
> > WHERE c.relowner = u.usesysid AND c.relkind='r' AND NOT EXISTS (SELECT
> 
> > 1 FROM pg_views WHERE viewname=c.relname) AND c.relname !~ '^pg_';
> >
> > Now I need some help to restrict to the polygon tables.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Matt
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