fetch column names for specific table

Question

I want to fetch all the column names for specific table..

I am using msaccess and C# .net 2008.

Solution 1

You can fetch schema information for a given query through OleDb using the SchemaOnly CommandBehavior and the GetSchemaTable method, as follows:

var conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=NWIND.mdb";
using (var con = new OleDbConnection(conStr))
{
    con.Open();
    using (var cmd = new OleDbCommand("select * from Suppliers", con))
    using (var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.SchemaOnly))
    {
        var table = reader.GetSchemaTable();
        var nameCol = table.Columns["ColumnName"];
        foreach (DataRow row in table.Rows)
        {
            Console.WriteLine(row[nameCol]);
        }
    }
}

Solution 2

A variant of bubi's method for a specific table:

public List<string> GetTableColumnNames(string tableName)
{
  var conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=NWIND.mdb";
  using (var connection = new OleDbConnection(conStr))
  {
    connection.Open();
    var schemaTable = connection.GetOleDbSchemaTable(
      OleDbSchemaGuid.Columns,
      new Object[] { null, null, tableName });
    if (schemaTable == null)
      return null;

    var columnOrdinalForName = schemaTable.Columns["COLUMN_NAME"].Ordinal;

    return (from DataRow r in schemaTable.Rows select r.ItemArray[columnOrdinalForName].ToString()).ToList();
  }
}

Of course first you might want to check if the table actually exists before getting its column names:

public bool TableExists(string tableName)
{
  var conStr = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=NWIND.mdb";      
  using (var connection = new OleDbConnection(conStr))
  {
    connection.Open();
    var tables = connection.GetSchema("Tables");
    var tableExists = false;
    for (var i = 0; i < tables.Rows.Count; i++)
    {
      tableExists = String.Equals(tables.Rows[i][2].ToString(),
                           tableName,
                           StringComparison.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
      if (tableExists)
        break;
    }
    return tableExists;
  }
}

Solution 3

This retrieves all the columns of all tables and views

        DataTable schemaTable = ((OleDbConnection)jetConnection).GetOleDbSchemaTable(
          System.Data.OleDb.OleDbSchemaGuid.Columns,
          new object[] { null, null, null, null });

Comments

[Muneem Habib]

sir its returning column names with lowercase like i have columnname = OBJECTID but it is returning objectid