Carl Karsten wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>> On 2007-08-03 17:23, Lukasz Szybalski wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> I am using python win32 extentions.
>>>
>>> I get connected via odbc to a database files that are sitting in the folder.
>>>
>>> import dbi,odbc
>>> db=odbc.odbc('dbfiles')
>>> cursor=db.cursor()
>>> cursor.execute('select * from tableabcd')
>>> print cursor.description
>>>
>>> This way I am able to find column names.
>>> How do i find a available table names? I have 20 tables available to
>>> me. How do I list their names??
>> With the old odbc module this is not possible without knowing
>> the database internals.
>
> What is described here?
>
> http://pyodbc.sourceforge.net/docs.html#cursor_tables
>
> Executes SQLTables and creates a results set of tables defined in the data
> source. Returns the Cursor.
>
> for row in cursor.tables():
> print row.table_name
>
>
> Is there a comparison between pyodbc, mxodbc, ceodbc - did I mis any?
Yes, you missed the old win32 odbc module which is what I was
referring to.
mxODBC provides the whole set of ODBC catalog functions in
form of cursor methods and this makes it possible to query
meta information in a database independent way.
For more information, please see the mxODBC documentation.
Look for the section 6.3.1 Catalog Methods:
http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBC/#Documentation
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