++ Very useful node, thanks gmax.

For the sake of portability it might also be useful to note that ANSI SQL-92 provides a standard for querying table schema information:

select TABLE_NAME from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES

And to give an idea of what else is available via INFORMATION_SCHEMA;
SCHEMATA
DOMAINS
VIEWS
COLUMNS
TABLE_PRIVILEGES
COLUMN_PRIVILEGES
USAGE_PRIVILEGES
DOMAIN_CONSTRAINTS
TABLE_CONSTRAINTS
REFERENTIAL_CONSTRAINTS
CHECK_CONSTRAINTS
KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
ASSERTIONS
VIEW_TABLE_USAGE
VIEW_COLUMN_USAGE
CONSTRAINT_TABLE_USAGE
CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE
CONSTRAINT_DOMAIN_USAGE

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Source: An Introduction to Database Systems (7th edition), C.J. Date

In reply to Re: DBI recipes by EdwardG
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