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Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable

db_fan New User May 9, 2015, 3:12 PM Views: 11958 Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable Hi, In Perl DBI, can I store the ddl of a column in a variable? My objective, is to use the definition of the column to create a temp table in another database. Mike

Zhris Enthusiast May 9, 2015, 3:31 PM Views: 11955 Re: [db_fan] Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable Hi, DBI has a column_info method, as well as similar methods for fetching other schema level data. Of course you can also select this information from the ddl's internal views yourself, the relevant DBD module source should provide useful statements. Chris (This post was edited by Zhris on May 9, 2015, 3:42 PM)

db_fan New User May 9, 2015, 3:42 PM Views: 11948 Re: [Zhris] Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable Thank you Chris. What if I have a number of columns? in Perl DBI, I need to create a temp table of those columns and generate a ddl of the temp table on Database A. Then, the DDL of the temp table will be loaded on database B. Do you have any hints on how to do that? Mike

Zhris Enthusiast May 9, 2015, 3:44 PM Views: 11947 Re: [db_fan] Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable What database driver are you using, MySQL? Chris

db_fan New User May 9, 2015, 3:44 PM Views: 11945 Re: [Zhris] Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable Using DB2 Mike

Zhris Enthusiast May 9, 2015, 3:51 PM Views: 11942 Re: [db_fan] Perl DBI: store the ddl of a column in a variable I'm not familiar with DB2, have you looked into the syscat tables, specifically the syscat.columns table? It appears you can select all the information you require in one hit off this table. Apologies, are you stuck on using Perl's DBI module, as oppose to how to get the information as per your original post? Chris (This post was edited by Zhris on May 9, 2015, 4:06 PM)