DatabaseLink`
DatabaseLink`

SQLTableInformation

SQLTableInformation[conn]

returns a list of information about the tables in an SQL connection.

SQLTableInformation[conn,table]

returns information about table.

Details and Options

  • To use SQLTableInformation, you first need to load DatabaseLink using Needs["DatabaseLink`"].
  • The following options can be given:
  • "Catalog"Nonedatabase catalog to use
    "Schema"Nonedatabase schema to use
    "ShowColumnHeadings" Falsewhether to return headings with the results
    "TableType" "TABLE"type of table to return

Examples

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Basic Examples  (1)

If you find that the examples in this section do not work as shown, you may need to install or restore the example database with the DatabaseLink`DatabaseExamples` package, as described in Using the Example Databases.

Open a connection:

Get information for a specific table:

Get information for tables that match a pattern:

Options  (2)

"ShowColumnHeadings"  (1)

"TableType"  (1)

Get information for all types of tables in a data source: