Adodb , recordset types , attributes etc etc

i am working on a way to get info from a database , when i get .type and .attributes it returns numbers , does anybody have a documentation of what they all mean? i got these types up to now

2 Integer
3 Long integer
4 Single
5 double
6 currency
7 Data/time
11 Boolean
17 Byte
72 Replicant id
131 Decimal
202 Text
203 Memo / Hyperlink
205 Ole object

but i have no ideas what the attributes are nor what it returns really.

so how to check if a item is a PRIMARY KEY , or an autoincrement etc etc...

Where are you getting these values from? Also why use the old ADODB instead of the ADO.NET provider? I think you can find an AutoIncrement field via ADOX.

i got the values from rs.type.... i made a db with all possible fields and checked them....

well i am using Adodb that is included in vb.net refrences ..... :S.... i guess.....

and how does adox work then?

ok just found out that i am using the .net version of ADODB......


but i still dont know how to get certain info like Primary key , auto increment etc etc

What object are you working with a DataSet? You can use the GetOLEDBScheme(I think thats it) method of an OLEDBConnection to get information about a table and so on. I'm not sure exactly everything it returns but you can throw it in a datagrid and find out.

You should be able to just pass the following query to the database and then bind it to a datagrid

Code:

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SELECT * FROM Information_Schema.Columns WHERE TABLE_NAME = tableName

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i am using

VB Code:

Try
            Dim i As ADODB.Field
            If rs.State <> 0 Then rs.Close()
            rs.Open("SELECT * FROM " & tables.Items.Item(tables.SelectedIndex), db)
            For Each i In rs.Fields
                MsgBox(i.Name & vbCrLf & i.Type & vbCrLf & i.Attributes & vbCrLf & i.DefinedSize)
               Next
            rs.Close()

where tables.Items.Item(tables.SelectedIndex) is the table that the user selected.

will try your code Memnoch1207

Information_Schema.Columns ??? what should i do with that.. it tells me it cant find the file?

what database are you using? The above is for a sql server database.

its an access db.....

through adodb ....

it uses SQL strings to open the database ;)