Would afields() do what you want? On 6 April 2018 18:19:47 GMT-04:00, Gene Wirchenko <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello: > > I wish to compare two tables' structures. I have a transaction >table, and I wish to check that an import table matches up well enough. > > Well enough? All columns in the transaction table must be in >the import table and of the same type and size. If there are >additional column in the import table or if the columns are in a >different order, it does not matter. > > It would be nice to able to copy each structure into an array >and then compare them using scan(). > > Instead, I think that I have to copy structured extended to a >temporary table -- I would prefer a cursor -- and then copy from that >to an array for each of the two tables and only then compare. That >seems rather Rube-Goldbergian. > > I could be missing something. I hope I am. > > What is a good way of doing this? > >Sincerely, > >Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server]
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