DatabaseColumnName
Script function

world.DatabaseColumnName

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Type

Method

Summary

Find the name of a specified column returned by an SQL statement

Prototype

BSTR DatabaseColumnName(BSTR Name, long Column);

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Description

You can use this, after successfully doing a DatabasePrepare, to find the names of columns that each row will return.

You can do this before doing a DatabaseStep, because the column names (and number of columns) is a property of the SQL statement, whether or not any rows are found that actually match the query.

The column name is the name given in the "AS" clause in the query, if any. Otherwise SQLite assigns a column name, which is not guaranteed to be consistent between versions. Often the column name will simply be the name of the variable being queried, however calculations may return generated names.

For example, using this SQL statement:

DatabasePrepare ("db", "SELECT name AS 'weapon name', damage * 5 from weapons")


The returned column names were 'weapon name' and 'damage * 5'.

Columns start at 1 for the first column, up to the number returned by DatabaseColumns.

Also see DatabaseColumnNames which returns a table of all the column names.

Lua example

name = DatabaseColumnName ("db", 5)  --> the name of column 5


Return value

The name of the column.

If a parameter is invalid (eg. database not open, bad column number) an empty string is returned.



See Also ...

Topics

DOC_database Database (SQLite)
DOC_lua_sqlite3 Lua SQLite (database) interface
DOC_scripting Scripting

Functions

FNC_DatabaseChanges DatabaseChanges (Returns a count of the changes to the database by the most recent SQL statement)
FNC_DatabaseClose DatabaseClose (Closes an SQLite database)
FNC_DatabaseColumnNames DatabaseColumnNames (Return a table of all the columns returned by an SQL statement)
FNC_DatabaseColumns DatabaseColumns (Find how many columns will be returned by an SQL statement)
FNC_DatabaseColumnText DatabaseColumnText (Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text)
FNC_DatabaseColumnType DatabaseColumnType (Returns the type of data in an SQL column)
FNC_DatabaseColumnValue DatabaseColumnValue (Returns the contents of an SQL column, as text, float, integer, or null)
FNC_DatabaseColumnValues DatabaseColumnValues (Returns the contents of all the SQL columns after a step)
FNC_DatabaseError DatabaseError (Returns an English string describing the most recent SQL error)
FNC_DatabaseExec DatabaseExec (Executes SQL code against an SQLite database)
FNC_DatabaseFinalize DatabaseFinalize (Finalizes (wraps up) a previously-prepared SQL statement)
FNC_DatabaseInfo DatabaseInfo (Returns information about a database)
FNC_DatabaseLastInsertRowid DatabaseLastInsertRowid (Returns the most recently automatically allocated database key)
FNC_DatabaseList DatabaseList (Lists all databases)
FNC_DatabaseOpen DatabaseOpen (Opens an SQLite database)
FNC_DatabasePrepare DatabasePrepare (Prepares an SQL statement for execution)
FNC_DatabaseReset DatabaseReset (Resets a previously-prepared SQL statement to the start)
FNC_DatabaseStep DatabaseStep (Executes a previously-prepared SQL statement)
FNC_DatabaseTotalChanges DatabaseTotalChanges (Returns a count of the total changes to the database)

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