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Mmdb.getcolumnlist(), Mmdb.getcolumns() – Adobe Dreamweaver API Reference CS5 User Manual

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DREAMWEAVER API REFERENCE

The database API

Last updated 8/27/2013

columnArray[0] = "EmpName"

columnArray[1] = "varchar"
columnArray[2] = "EmpFirstName"
columnArray[3] = "varchar"
columnArray[4] = "Age"
columnArray[5] = "integer"

MMDB.getColumnList()

Availability
Dreamweaver UltraDev 1.

Description
This function gets a list of columns from an executed SQL

SELECT

statement.

Arguments
connName, statement

The connName argument is a connection name that is specified in the Connection Manager. It identifies the
connection string that Dreamweaver should use to make a database connection to a live data source.

The statement argument is the SQL

SELECT

statement to execute.

Returns
An array of strings that represents a list of columns that match the

SELECT

statement, or an error if the SQL statement

is invalid or the connection cannot be made.

Example
The code

var columnArray = MMDB.getColumnList("EmpDB","Select * from Employees")

returns the

following array of strings:

columnArray[0] = "EmpName"

columnArray[1] = "EmpFirstName"
columnArray[2] = "Age"

MMDB.getColumns()

Availability
Dreamweaver MX, arguments updated in Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Description
This function returns an array of objects that describe the columns in the specified table.

Arguments
connName, tableName

The connName argument is the connection name. This value identifies the connection containing the string that
Dreamweaver should use to make a database connection to a live data source.

The tableName argument is the table to query.