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Jeff_Rowland
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I've searched theforums and on-line technical library but have been unable to find a answer to the following "HOW TO"

Is it possible to print a Database Schema that prints out a list of tables with field definitions/description?


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Francis Mariani
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Jeff, it probably is difficult to design a tool that prints the schema of all the different types of databases that WebFOCUS can access, I suggest you use the supplied tools of the particular database you're working with.


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Jeff_Rowland
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I might not have stated my requirement correctly and made is seem more complex than it really is. Basically what I would like to accomplish is just to be able to print out a list of fields in a particular table i.e. Field name, Type, size

Thanks


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Francis Mariani
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?FF master-file-name

e.g.: ?FF CAR


Francis


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Jeff_Rowland
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THANK YOU FRANCIS!
Just what I was looking for.
Jeff


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GinnyJakes
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CHECK FILE CAR HOLD
TABLE FILE HOLD
PRINT FIELDNAME
BY SEGNAME
END


This is a useful tool. You can find more description here:

http://documentation.informationbuilders.com/masterinde...g/source/topic89.htm

Hope this helps.


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Francis Mariani
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I should mention where this is documented:

Creating Reports With WebFOCUS Language > Referring to Fields in a Report Request > Displaying a List of Field Names > Listing Field Names, Aliases, and Format Information


Francis


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FrankDutch
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Jeff

Tony S posted this little piece of coding to help me with a similar problem

-SET &ECHO = ON;
TABLE FILE SYSCOLUM
PRINT NAME
      USAGE
   BY SEGNAME NOPRINT
   BY SEGNO   NOPRINT
WHERE TBNAME EQ '&TABLENAME'
ON TABLE SAVE
ON TABLE SET HOLDLIST PRINTONLY
END
-RUN
TABLE FILE &TABLENAME
PRINT
-READ SAVE &FieldName.A66. &Format.A8.
-REPEAT :Loop WHILE &IORETURN EQ 0;
&FieldName AS '&FieldName - &Format'
-READ SAVE &FieldName.A66. &Format.A8.
-:Loop
HEADING
"&TABLENAME"
IF RECORDLIMIT EQ 10
END


What this does is displaying the fields of a database with the format in the header and the first 10 records from that database for a "&TABLENAME".

If you put the tablenames for a certain database in a small list, you can do this with an extra loop for all the tables all at once, and combine it with the other answers to build your documentation.




Frank
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Jeff_Rowland
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Thanks Frank.
Appreciate the help.

Jeff


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