Re: Query help

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> > > > >Obnoxio The Clown wrote: > > > > > > From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk> > > > > > > > >Navdeep Virk wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I would like to find the tables which contain the column name foobar > > > > > from say 270 odd tables. can this be done by query the systabs. > > > > > > > >Yes, something like: > > > > > > > > SELECT tabname > > > > FROM systables t, syscolumns c > > > > WHERE t.tabid = c.tabid > > > > AND c.colname = "foobar"> > > > > > Didn't I just say that? > > > >Yes. Didn't you know it's rude to copy? > > Of course I did. I already got 90% of the audience with my last cheap shot, > now I'm going for you. :0) Well I certainly wasn't going to PAY for it! :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@mydas.freeserve.co.uk |//////// /| | http://www.informix.com http://www.informixhandbook.com |///// / //| | http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |This email will self-destruct in |/// / ////| | |10 sec. If you received this email |// / /////| | |in error, sorry about the mess. |/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+