• *environment_definition_fields Function
• A5_ADD_FIELDS_TO_TABLE Function
• A5_CHANGEFIELDSIZE Function
• a5_control_insert_ole Function
• a5_csweb_getfields Function
• A5_DEL_FIELDS_FM_TABLE Function
• A5_EDIT_FIELDRULES Function
• a5_field_copy Function
• A5_field_getKeyColumns Function
• A5_FIELD_INFO Function
• A5_FIELD_RULES_CASE_EDIT Function
• A5_FIELD_RULES_GLOSSARY_EDIT Function
• a5_field_select Function
• a5_field_type_get Function
• A5_FIELDSIZES Function
• a5_get_field_info Function
• a5_get_fieldinfo_delayed Function
• A5_GET_FIELDNAMES Function
• a5_get_fieldrule_editors Function
• a5_get_fields_in_table_set Function
• a5_get_reccount_delayed Function
• a5_getfields_ado Function
• a5_insert_text_into_field Function
• a5_merge_fields Function
• A5_RECALC_CALC_FIELDS Function
• a5_select_field_value Function
• a5_select_field_value2 Function
• a5_select_fieldname Function
• a5_select_fields_multi Function
• a5_select_key_value Function
• a5_selectmultifields Function
• A5_SORT_EXPRESSION Function
• A_CURRENT_FIELD.NAME_GET Method
• ALLTEXT Function
• ALLTEXT_INITIAL Function
• COMPUTE_FIELD_STATISTICS Function
• FIELD Function
• INLIST Function
• ISBLANK Function
• PREVIOUS Function
• property_from_string_multi Function
• RECSIZE Function

A5_GET_FIELDNAMES Function

Syntax

Arguments

table_setname

The name of a table or set, including the ".DBF" or ".SET" file name extension. Character

flags

A character, numeric, logical, or date data display format. Options are:

top_level_only

Logical. Optional. Default = .F. .T. = Includes top level table and one-to-one linked tables, .F. = Includes all tables in the set.

fully_qualify_parent_fields

Logical. Optional. Default = .F. .T. = places the table name before the names of parent table fields. .F. = does not place the table name before the names of parent table fields.

Returns

Field_ListCharacter

A CR-LF delimited list of field names from the table or set. Character

Description

Gets a list of fields in a table or set.

Discussion

The A5_GET_FIELDNAMES() function returns a list of the fields in a table or set.

Example

? a5_get_fieldnames("inventory.set")
= Product_Id
Description
Cost
Retail
Re_Order
Vendor
Qty_In_Sto
Vendor->Vendor_Id
Vendor->Name
Vendor->Address_1
Vendor->Address_2
Vendor->City
Vendor->State_Region
Vendor->Postal_Code
Vendor->Country
Vendor->Phone
Vendor->Fax
Vendor->Contact_Name
? a5_get_fieldnames("customer.dbf")
= Customer_Id
Firstname
Lastname
Company
Phone
Fax
Bill_Address_1
Bill_Address_2
Bill_City
Bill_State_Region
Bill_Postal_Code
Bill_Country
Ship_Address_1
Ship_Address_2
Ship_City
Ship_State_Region
Ship_Postal_Code
Ship_Country
Ship_Same
Email
? a5_get_fieldnames("invoice.set", "t", .f., .t.)
= Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->D
Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->N
Invoice_Header->N
Invoice_Header->C
Invoice_Header->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->C
Customer->L
Customer->C
Invoice_Items->C
Invoice_Items->C
Invoice_Items->N
Invoice_Items->N
Invoice_Items->N
Product->C
Product->C
Product->N
Product->N
Product->N
Product->C
Product->N
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C
Vendor->C

See Also

• Field Methods
• Field Functions
• Table Object Functions and Methods
• Other Table Functions