Rich Metadata
ODBC
defines a wide range of metadata
functions that provide information both about the structure of the
data in the database and the datatypes supported by the database. The
following table lists the functions and shows which are supported by
the Win32::ODBC
and DBI modules.
|
ODBC Function |
Win32::ODBC |
DBI |
|
Tables |
|
|
|
TablePrivileges | ||
|
Columns |
| |
|
ColumnPrivileges | ||
|
SpecialColumns |
| |
|
Statistics |
| |
|
PrimaryKeys |
| |
|
ForeignKeys |
| |
|
Procedures | ||
|
ProcedureColumns | ||
|
GetTypeInfo |
|
|
As you can see, the DBI lags behind the
Win32::ODBC module. By the time you read this book, ...
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