odbc_databaseGetTableNames()

Synopsis

Returns a list of the table names that belong to a particular catalog/schema.

Syntax

odbc_databaseGetTableNames ( db_pointer As User, _
                             catalog As String, _
                             schema As String, _
                             Optional ignoreErrors? As Boolean = False ) As List

Argument	Type	Description
db_pointer	user	Database reference. This reference should be obtained with the previous call to odbc_databaseOpen
catalog	string	Catalog name
schema	string	Schema name
ignoreErrors?	boolean	Optional; if the argument is True , then database errors are not reported as Intent exceptions; default is False .

Example 1

Obtain the table names from the database

Dim db As User = odbc_databaseOpen( "ODBC;DSN=PEFRESULTS") 
Dim catalogues As List = odbc_databaseGetCatalogNames( db) 
Dim tables As List = odbc_databaseGetTableNames( db, First(catalogues), "") 	
	
Intent >odbc_databaseClose( db)
--> {"MSysAccessStorage", "MSysAccessXML", "MSysACEs", "MSysComplexColumns", "MSysNavPaneGroupCategories", "MSysNavPaneGroups", "MSysNavPaneGroupToObjects", "MSysNavPaneObjectIDs", "MSysObjects", "MSysQueries", "MSysRelationships", "Customer", "Table1"}