All RDBMS platforms I've used provide a data dictionary. These are special tables that you can query against to get structural information. MySQL has a data dictionary and it's documented here: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/information-schema.html
You may want to create a CFC that queries these tables and provides you an easy-to-use data dictionary (a quick Googling didn't produce an already available item). On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks for this - is there any way to get the constraint name for a > particular column, for example the constraint name in the above example is > qu_41_tb_24_ibfk2. but i wont know the name unless there is a way to get it > from the database. if i get this then i can delete this first then remove > the foreign key and it will remove fine > > thanks very much > > > > ><cfdbinfo type="columns" table="yourtable" datasource="yourDSN" > >name="dbdata"> > > > ><cfquery name="getfk" dbtype="query"> > > SELECT REFERENCED_PRIMARYKEY, REFERENCED_PRIMARYKEY_TABLE > > FROM dbdata > > WHERE IS_FOREIGNKEY = 'YES' > ></cfquery> > > > ><cfdump var="dbdata"> > > > > > ><cfdump var="getfk"> > > > > > > > >On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301539 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
