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The SQL standard certainly continues to define this set of views and tables (known as the Information Schema). ISO/IEC 9075-11:2003 is the most recent edition, but a 2008 version is expected by mid-2008. See your countries national standardization body for a copy or go to http://www.ansi.org and click on the Web Store link. As Mike said, this has been available for a Very Long Time (it may seem like 20 years, but it was in the 1992 edition of the standard that the Information Schema came into being), As a matter of fact, the call-level interface (CLI, of which ODBC is an implementation) defined in 9075-3:2003 (soon to be 2008) defines an API to get the same information without having to do all those annoying SELECTs ;^) Hope this helps, Jim At 8/16/2007 06:19 AM, Michael Kay wrote: > > In a relational database, a standard query > > allows to retreive data, but does not allow to investigate > > the design of the database > >Not true. The SQL standard defines a standard set of tables that hold >metadata, ie. information about tables and columns. At any rate, it did so >about 20 years ago which was the last time I looked. > >Michael Kay >http://www.saxonica.com/ ======================================================================== Jim Melton --- Editor of ISO/IEC 9075-* (SQL) Phone: +1.801.942.0144 Co-Chair, W3C XML Query WG; F&O (etc.) editor Fax : +1.801.942.3345 Oracle Corporation Oracle Email: jim dot melton at oracle dot com 1930 Viscounti Drive Standards email: jim dot melton at acm dot org Sandy, UT 84093-1063 USA Personal email: jim at melton dot name ======================================================================== = Facts are facts. But any opinions expressed are the opinions = = only of myself and may or may not reflect the opinions of anybody = = else with whom I may or may not have discussed the issues at hand. = ========================================================================
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