Re: DB schema...
Posted in 1997
Ian Goddard — — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)
There are a number of tables called the system catalogues which hold
this information, e.g. systables, syscolumns, etc. The iiug
(www.iiug.org) archive has examples of how you can interpret this via
SQL - which is more useful that dbschema if you want to write code
generators or the like.
Ian
David C. Mescher wrote:
>
> Is there any way to find out the schema of an Informix database (stuch
> as field names, tables, etc.) without being the designer of said database
> and doing so via SQL?
>
> --
> Dave Mescher dmescher@csugrad.cs.vt.edu
> COMMERCIAL SOLICITATIONS ARE NOT WELCOME AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.
>
> TANSTAAFL