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MyTable) and hit ALT + F1 , you'll get a list of column names, type, length, etc.
To get the column name of a table we use sp_help with the name of the object or table name. sp_columns returns all the column names of the object. The following query will return the table's column names: sp_columns @table_name = 'News'
We can also execute the SQLite command that returns all the information of the SQlite database. To get the name of the columns from a sqlite database table we can use the standard Sql query PRAGMA table_info(table_name) . This is the Sql statement that returns all the information of the sqlite database.
If you are running the sqlite3 command-line access program you can type ". tables" to get a list of all tables. Or you can type ". schema" to see the complete database schema including all tables and indices.
What you're looking for is called the data dictionary. In sqlite a list of all tables can be found by querying sqlite_master table (or view?)
sqlite> create table people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar);
sqlite> select * from sqlite_master;
table|people|people|2|CREATE TABLE people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar)
To get column information you can use the pragma table_info(table_name) statement:
sqlite> pragma table_info(people);
0|first_name|varchar|0||0
1|last_name|varchar|0||0
2|email_address|varchar|0||0
For more information on the pragma statements, see the documentation.
Here's the simple way:
.schema <table>
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Another convenient way in many cases is to turn headers on by:
sqlite> .headers on
Then,
sqlite> SELECT ... FROM table
will display a headline showing all selected fields (all if you SELECT *) at the top of the output.
Here's a SELECT statement that lists all tables and columns in the current database:
SELECT m.name as tableName,
p.name as columnName
FROM sqlite_master m
left outer join pragma_table_info((m.name)) p
on m.name <> p.name
order by tableName, columnName
;
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