odbc_databaseGetFieldInfo()

Synopsis

Returns a list of a table's field information that belongs to a particular catalog/schema.

Syntax

odbc_databaseGetFieldInfo ( db_pointer As User, _
                            catalog As String, _
                            schema As String, _
                            table As String, _
                            field 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
table	string	Table/View name
field	string	Column/Field name
ignoreErrors?	boolean	Optional; if the argument is True , then database errors are not reported as Intent exceptions; default is False .

Example 1

Describe the field in the table

 Dim db As User = odbc_databaseOpen( "ODBC;DSN=PEFRESULTS") 
Dim catalogues As List = odbc_databaseGetCatalogNames( db)
Dim fieldInfo As List = odbc_databaseGetFieldInfo( db, First(catalogues), "", "Customer", "CustomerName") 

Intent >odbc_databaseClose( db) 
--> {"TABLE_CAT : C:\My Documents\TestDatabase.accdb", "TABLE_SCHEM : ", "TABLE_NAME : Customer", "COLUMN_NAME : CustomerName", "DATA_TYPE : -9", "TYPE_NAME : VARCHAR", ?truncated }