You may be correct. Admittedly, I am stabbing in the dark here. I work on MySQL, not SQLite. Just good at key word searches. :) This link seems to be promising.
http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/table_column_metadata.html Sorry I can't help more. Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com > On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:48 PM, Ratin <rat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Karl, Isnt it the same ? I am doing the check if ($result['pk'] == 1), > and you are doing if ($result['pk'] !== null). I wanted to make sure I > dont get false positives, what if $result['pk'] is set to zero, in your > case it will be a match but thats probably not what we want, cuz the pk > field is not set to 1.. > > Regards, > Ratin > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 5:38 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Ratin, >> I "think" you can just do this and not have to store the table name. >> However, I have no way of testing this. You will have to test on your end. >> >> while ($result = $query->fetchArray()) { >> if ($result['pk'] !== null) { >> $primary_key=$result['pk']; >> } >> } >> >> Best, >> >> Karl DeSaulniers >> Design Drumm >> http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> >> >> >> >> >>> On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:12 PM, Ratin <rat...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry about my late reply but this was my function - a bit of a hack but >> works properly on my version of php-sqlite3: >>> >>> >>> function get_primary_key_name($table) >>> { >>> $primary_key=''; >>> $db = new MyDB(); >>> if(!$db) >>> { >>> echo $db->lastErrorMsg(); >>> } >>> else >>> { >>> $qstr = "PRAGMA table_info(" . $table . ");" ; >>> $query = $db->query($qstr); >>> while ($result = $query->fetchArray()) >>> { >>> if ($result['pk'] == 1) >>> { >>> $primary_key=$result['name']; >>> } >>> } >>> } >>> $db->close(); >>> return $primary_key; >>> } >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com >> <mailto:k...@designdrumm.com>> wrote: >>> This may also shed some light for you. >>> The accepted answer and possibly the one below it if you are on .NET >>> >>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/763516/information- >> schema-columns-on-sqlite <http://stackoverflow.com/ >> questions/763516/information-schema-columns-on-sqlite> >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Karl DeSaulniers >>> Design Drumm >>> http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Aug 20, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <k...@designdrumm.com >> <mailto:k...@designdrumm.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hey Ratin, >>>> Have you looked into the table column named 'pk' inside table_info? >>>> That is where a column is indicated to be a primary key or not. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Karl DeSaulniers >>>> Design Drumm >>>> http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> < >> http://designdrumm.com/ <http://designdrumm.com/>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 6:51 PM, Ratin <rat...@gmail.com <mailto: >> rat...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Karl, Thanks a lot for your response, I think INFORMATION_SCHEMA >> is not available for sqlite database. I had to built up the whole query >> with php using PRAGMA table_info(tablename), looking at the pk entry, when >> its 1, get the column name, and then update the sql statement based on >> that. A bit of work, wouldve been much simpler if a method was provided, >> but oh well .. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again >>>>> >>>>> Ratin >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Karl DeSaulniers < >> k...@designdrumm.com <mailto:k...@designdrumm.com> <mailto: >> k...@designdrumm.com <mailto:k...@designdrumm.com>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi Ratin, >>>>> Going to take a stab at this one. >>>>> Have you looked into INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS for your query? >>>>> Might be where you want to look for what you are trying. >>>>> Sorry can't help more. >>>>> >>>>> Best, >>>>> >>>>> Karl DeSaulniers >>>>> Design Drumm >>>>> http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> < >> http://designdrumm.com/ <http://designdrumm.com/>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Ratin <rat...@gmail.com <mailto: >> rat...@gmail.com> <mailto:rat...@gmail.com <mailto:rat...@gmail.com>>> >> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm writing the generic get that works on different tables having >> different >>>>>> primary keys but the argument of get is always the primary key , >> i.e. get >>>>>> request is - >>>>>> >>>>>> get (column name, value) >>>>>> >>>>>> the value is always the primary key value. >>>>>> >>>>>> It looks like it would be a pretty standard method but I cant find a >> method >>>>>> like that. Anybody have any clue? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> >>>>>> Ratin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/> >> <http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/>>) >>>>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php < >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php> <http://www.php.net/unsub.php < >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/>) >>> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php < >> http://www.php.net/unsub.php> >>> >>> >> >> -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
