johnf wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 February 2009 01:35:58 am Ricardo Aráoz wrote:
>   
>> If I go to the connection editor and open this connection and test it,
>> it tells me the connection was successful.
>>     
> Which version of pymssql?  I'll assume "pymssql-0.8.0"
>   

Yes, It is 0.8.0.
(see below)
>   
>> Went into SQLServer and this select works ok :
>> """select table_name from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
>>         where table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
>>         order by table_name""" .
>> If I perform
>> """select table_name, table_catalog  from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
>>     where table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
>>     order by table_name"""
>>  I can see table_catalog == 'master' for all lines, and none of the
>> table_name's are my tables.
>> Maybe what you want to do is
>> """select table_name from %(db)sINFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
>>     where table_catalog = %(db)s
>>             and table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
>>     order by table_name"""
>> or even :
>> """select table_name from %(db)sINFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES
>>     where table_type = 'BASE TABLE'
>>     order by table_name"""
>> Which would work in my system (if variable db=='SomeDB' (see cited post
>> above for what 'SomeDB' stands for)).
>>     
> Are you doing these queries from enterprise manager?  If so you need to 
> select 
> the database.  Which is different from using the Dabo connection which 
> already has selected the database from the connection string.
>
>   
Of course you are right. But then I'm at a complete loss about the error
message. Today I even tried brute force and searched all my hard drive
looking for the string "getTables" which is the name of the method which
produces the error, but I did not find it.
It would seem unlikely that it is my error as it appears whilst in a wizard.

Ricardo.



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