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.

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