Tables

The Tables schema collection lists all tables in the database, including views.

Retrieving the Table Listing

To retrieve the Tables schema collection, call the GetSchema method of the CompositeConnection class.

C#

String connectionString = "Host=myHost;Domain=myDomain;DataSource=myDataSource;User=myUser;Password=myPassword";

using (CompositeConnection conn = new CompositeConnection(connectionString)) {

  conn.Open();

  DataTable databaseSchema = conn.GetSchema("Tables");

  foreach (DataRow row in databaseSchema.Rows) {

    Console.WriteLine(row["TABLE_NAME"]);

  }

}

 

VB.NET

 

Dim connectionString As String = "Host=myHost;Domain=myDomain;DataSource=myDataSource;User=myUser;Password=myPassword"

Using conn As New CompositeConnection(connectionString)

  conn.Open()

  Dim databaseSchema As DataTable = conn.GetSchema("Tables")

  For Each row As DataRow In databaseSchema.Rows

    Console.WriteLine(row("TABLE_NAME"))

  Next

End Using

Columns Returned

The Tables schema collection returns the following columns.

Column Name	Data Type	Description
TABLE_CATALOG	System.String	The database that contains the table.
TABLE_SCHEMA	System.String	The schema that contains the table.
TABLE_NAME	System.String	The table name.
TABLE_TYPE	System.String	The table type.