Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: How to extract a single table metadata using API?
Author Martijn Tonies
>> Take a look on RDB$Relations, RDB$Relation_Fields for a quick overview
>> how it lookslike
>>
>> I don't know your exactly needs, but there are a lot of tools that could
>> do it for you, take a look on FlameRobin for example.
>
> Thank you for your information. I wish to extract the metadata as SQL
> statements. For example: Create table, create index, Create Table, ...
>
> After extracting, I will run these SQL statements. If I traverse those
> system tables, I need to do quite a lot of coding. If I rely on those
> external tools like isql, I need to deploy those tools to my end user for
> runtime.
>
> I am just wondering if there are any quick and easy ways to get the m
> metadata SQL statements at runtime without any helps of isql tools.

No, there isn't - the API has no functionality for that.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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