Is there a generic way to retrieve a database schema using ODBC that works across databases?
If not, what is the easiest way to do this when the database server is MS SQL Server?
I am working with unixodbc, from Linux.
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Is there a generic way to retrieve a database schema using ODBC that works across databases?
If not, what is the easiest way to do this when the database server is MS SQL Server?
I am working with unixodbc, from Linux.
Query against the INFORMATION_SCHEMA views. Beautiful thing about using information schema is that it’s a standard so it should be portable to any database that has implemented the standard.
e.g.
SELECT * FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS ISCThe standard is the SQL-92 Starts at page 535