Thanks Igor, this gives me what I need In fact, pragma table_info( sqlite_master ); works to give information about what is in the master table view
And for anyone else using python and pysqlite, here is now to get a list of table # Python SQLite application from pysqlite2 import dbapi2 as sqlite # Connect to database path= 'C:\\' dbname= 'dbtest.db' db_location= path + '\\' + dbname db = sqlite.connect(db_location) # Find table names qx='select tbl_name from sqlite_master' curs1=db.execute(qx) qr1=curs1.fetchall() print qr1 ----- Original Message ---- To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 1:53:24 PM Subject: Show and describe Does SQLite have anything like SHOW and DESCRIBE (in MySQL) I check the synatax documentation and it seems not. Otherwise how can I determine date tables in a database group and columns in table and their type __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
