that was the answer :) Select * from information_schema.tables
actually, so that I can strip out the system ones... Select * from information_schema.tables where table_name not IN ('dtproperties','sysconstraints','syssegments') thanks john! ...tony Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer UnCertified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Mobile workforce monitoring, mapping & reporting www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Garza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 10:35 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: query to get tablenames Which Database??? It's different for each one. Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:31 AM Subject: query to get tablenames what is the variable or query that will show me tables in a database, so that I can then, select that table to perform a query on? thanks ...tony Tony Weeg Senior Web Developer UnCertified Advanced ColdFusion Developer Information System Design Navtrak, Inc. Mobile workforce monitoring, mapping & reporting www.navtrak.net 410.548.2337 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4