Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-16 Thread dmp
Still doesn't work when saving directly to file. Nice though. Modified version follows. Thanks. danap. Fixes/Adds: 1. Header comment added --. 2. Added drop IF EXISTS. 3. Each CREATE VIEW added space after AS. 4. Placed end of statement semicolon directly after parenthesis. 5. Has only \n for

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread Keith Medcalf
>boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of R Smith >Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2018 03:55 >To: sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org >Subject: Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column > >On 2018/08/15 8:03 AM, Domingo Alvarez Duarte wrote: >> Hello Richard ! >&

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread R Smith
In case anyone followed this topic, it was noted to me off-list that I included a mistake in the SQL posted, which might confuse people who try it! Please see below the corrected version. Cheers! --  Schema Info Views -- -- This is a set of views that supply queryable Schema information for

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread Petite Abeille
> On Aug 15, 2018, at 11:55 AM, R Smith wrote: > > This has been existing for quite a while in SQLite, and not only this, but > quite a few schema enumeration functions via the table-valued-function form > of the pragmas. FWIW, information_schema would be the relevant ANSI-standard in that

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread R Smith
On 2018/08/15 8:03 AM, Domingo Alvarez Duarte wrote: Hello Richard ! I'm following the changes you are making to a add "alter table rename column" capability to sqlite and I think that it's a good moment to add a new system table for the columns (I know that we can somehow get this info now

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread Keith Medcalf
>boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Wout Mertens >Sent: Wednesday, 15 August, 2018 00:33 >To: SQLite mailing list >Subject: Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column > >You can, since 3.16, get most pragma results as table-valued >functions. I >think what you want is s

Re: [sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread Wout Mertens
You can, since 3.16, get most pragma results as table-valued functions. I think what you want is something like SELECT * FROM pragma_table_info("tableName"); On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 8:04 AM Domingo Alvarez Duarte wrote: > Hello Richard ! > > I'm following the changes you are making to a add

[sqlite] The upcoming alter table rename column

2018-08-15 Thread Domingo Alvarez Duarte
Hello Richard ! I'm following the changes you are making to a add "alter table rename column" capability to sqlite and I think that it's a good moment to add a new system table for the columns (I know that we can somehow get this info now with "pragmas") this way we can get/use this info