Re: list fieldnames in table? (from PHP)

Miles Keaton wrote:

> Is there a simple way to list fieldnames in a table, from PHP?
>
> When on the command-line, I just do \d tablename
>
> But how to get the fieldnames from PHP commands?
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Here is one way Python can do it through ODBC:
# fetch descriptions to create field name dictionaries
try:
ci = db.cursor()
ci.execute("select * from PERSINFO where 1 = 0")
column = 0
for d in ci.description: # key : value
PersFields[d[0]] = column # field name : position
PersPos[column] = d[0] # position : field name d[0]
PersTypes[d[0]] = d[1] # field name : data type d[1]
PersPrec[d[0]] = d[4] # field name : precision d[4]
PersScale[d[0]] = d[5] # field name : scale d[5]
PersVals[column] = None # position : value (init=None)
column += 1
ci.close()
ci = None

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GreyGeek