> >>Do you look at the db type and then query it accordingly? > > Actually not, this is the beauty of ODBC: it is (well almost) DB > independant. > The only things that are DB dependent are a couple of things (flaws) not > supported by some ODBC drivers. >
This is what I was curious about. I am trying to pull the metadata out of the database but it seems that Oracle and SQL don't support the same methods for querying that metadata. For Oracle, it looks like I will be querying ALL_TAB_COLUMNS and for SQL Server it's a query to INFORMATION_SCHEMA. I guess I could make a config that sets the DB type and do my queries accordingly, but I was curious if anyone knew other ways to query the database systems to get the data out. Thanks, Mike ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:218432 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
