On Saturday, January 20, 2007, 6:54:00 PM, Thomas Fjellstrom<sqlite-users@sqlite.org> wrote: > On Saturday 20 January 2007 6:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Mark Richards wrote: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > > What is the easiest way to retrieve the structure of a table? The only >> > > thing i have found so far is by parsing the `sqlite_master`.`sql` >> > > which seems to be too much coding. I want them as (char** >> > > column_names), (char **column_types) or something similar. >> > > thanks in advance >> > > Ivailo Karamanolev >> > >> > .schema {tablename} >> > >> > sqlite3 >> > .help >> >> 1. Isn't that supposed to return the SQL syntax for the table >> creation? >> 1.1. I would like to do this from the C API
> exec ".schema tablename" from the C api's sql query function. >> >> 2. How am i supposed to write replies to someone's post in this mailing >> list? > Its email, select a message and press "reply". >> Thanks in advance. >> Ivailo Karamanolev >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>-- Am I stupid, or you assume something that I don't know for obvious? I wrote sqlite3_exec(...., ".shema test", ....). The response was: > Near ".": Syntax Error I wrote that in the sqlite3 command line utility, except that it returned nothing (just wrote sqlite3> again) which is offtopic, I assume that it must print something similar to CREATE TABLE `test` (...... ) which I already achieved by accessing `sqlite_master`.`sql` field. However, that is not precisely what I want, because I still must parse the "CREATE TABLE" SQL syntax myself, which is way too much coding. Is there another, simpler way, or I must satisfy myself with the need to parse SQL? PS. To all developers of SQLite - I am surprised to see so good piece of C code :) Thanks in advance, Ivailo Karamanolev. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------