SQL::ConnectionGetSchema Method

Syntax

Result_Flag as L = SQL::TableInfo GetSchema(BYREF Schema as SQL::Schema [, TableOwner as C [, IncludeTables as L [, IncludeViews as L [,IncludeLinkedTables as L [, IncludeSystemTables as L [, IncludeSynonyms as L [, IncludeAliases as L]]]]]]])

Arguments

BYREF SchemaSQL::Schema: A SQL::Schema object created with the DIM statement.
TableOwnerCharacter: Default = "". The owner of the database.
IncludeTablesLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include table definitions.
IncludeViewsLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include view definitions.
IncludeLinkedTablesLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include linked table definitions.
IncludeSystemTablesLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include system table definitions.
IncludeSynonymsLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include synonym definitions.
IncludeAliasesLogical: Default = .T. Whether to include alias definitions.

Returns

Result_FlagLogical: TRUE (.T.) if the operation was successful; otherwise FALSE (.F.).

Description

Get a schema definition.

Discussion

The GetSchema() method returns a collection of the tables requested for the current database and optionally for those owned by a specific user.

Example

dim conn as SQL::Connection
dim sch as SQL::Schema
dim connString as C
connString = "{A5API='Access', FileName='c:\program files\a5v8\mdbfiles\alphasports.mdb'}"
if .not. conn.open(connString)
    ui_msg_box("Error", conn.CallResult.text)
    end
end if
if .not. conn.GetSchema(sch)
    ui_msg_box("Error", conn.CallResult.text)
    end
end if
file.from_string("c:\schema.txt", sch.xml)
conn.close()