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db2_columns
(PECL ibm_db2 >= 1.0.0)
db2_columns — Returns a result set listing the columns and associated metadata for a table
Description
$connection
[, string $qualifier
[, string $schema
[, string $table-name
[, string $column-name
]]]] ) : resourceReturns a result set listing the columns and associated metadata for a table.
Parameters
-
connection -
A valid connection to an IBM DB2, Cloudscape, or Apache Derby database.
-
qualifier -
A qualifier for DB2 databases running on OS/390 or z/OS servers. For other databases, pass
NULLor an empty string. -
schema -
The schema which contains the tables. To match all schemas, pass '%'.
-
table-name -
The name of the table or view. To match all tables in the database, pass
NULLor an empty string. -
column-name -
The name of the column. To match all columns in the table, pass
NULLor an empty string.
Return Values
Returns a statement resource with a result set containing rows describing the columns matching the specified parameters. The rows are composed of the following columns:
| Column name | Description |
|---|---|
| TABLE_CAT | Name of the catalog. The value is NULL if this table does not have catalogs. |
| TABLE_SCHEM | Name of the schema. |
| TABLE_NAME | Name of the table or view. |
| COLUMN_NAME | Name of the column. |
| DATA_TYPE | The SQL data type for the column represented as an integer value. |
| TYPE_NAME | A string representing the data type for the column. |
| COLUMN_SIZE | An integer value representing the size of the column. |
| BUFFER_LENGTH | Maximum number of bytes necessary to store data from this column. |
| DECIMAL_DIGITS |
The scale of the column, or NULL where scale is not applicable.
|
| NUM_PREC_RADIX |
An integer value of either 10 (representing
an exact numeric data type), 2 (representing an
approximate numeric data type), or NULL (representing a data type for
which radix is not applicable).
|
| NULLABLE | An integer value representing whether the column is nullable or not. |
| REMARKS | Description of the column. |
| COLUMN_DEF | Default value for the column. |
| SQL_DATA_TYPE | An integer value representing the size of the column. |
| SQL_DATETIME_SUB |
Returns an integer value representing a datetime subtype code,
or NULL for SQL data types to which this does not apply.
|
| CHAR_OCTET_LENGTH |
Maximum length in octets for a character data type column, which
matches COLUMN_SIZE for single-byte character set data, or NULL for
non-character data types.
|
| ORDINAL_POSITION | The 1-indexed position of the column in the table. |
| IS_NULLABLE | A string value where 'YES' means that the column is nullable and 'NO' means that the column is not nullable. |
See Also
- db2_column_privileges() - Returns a result set listing the columns and associated privileges for a table
- db2_foreign_keys() - Returns a result set listing the foreign keys for a table
- db2_primary_keys() - Returns a result set listing primary keys for a table
- db2_procedure_columns() - Returns a result set listing stored procedure parameters
- db2_procedures() - Returns a result set listing the stored procedures registered in a database
- db2_special_columns() - Returns a result set listing the unique row identifier columns for a table
- db2_statistics() - Returns a result set listing the index and statistics for a table
- db2_table_privileges() - Returns a result set listing the tables and associated privileges in a database
- db2_tables() - Returns a result set listing the tables and associated metadata in a database
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