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<h1 class="refname">odbc_tables</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">odbc_tables</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get the list of table names stored in a specific data source</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.odbc-tables-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">resource</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>odbc_tables</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">resource</span> <code class="parameter">$connection_id</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$qualifier</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$owner</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$name</code></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$types</code></span>
]]]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Lists all tables in the requested range.
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<p class="para">
To support enumeration of qualifiers, owners, and table types,
the following special semantics for the
<code class="parameter">qualifier</code>, <code class="parameter">owner</code>,
<code class="parameter">name</code>, and
<code class="parameter">table_type</code> are available:
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
If <code class="parameter">qualifier</code> is a single percent
character (%) and <code class="parameter">owner</code> and
<code class="parameter">name</code> are empty strings, then the result
set contains a list of valid qualifiers for the data
source. (All columns except the TABLE_QUALIFIER column contain
NULLs.)
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
If <code class="parameter">owner</code> is a single percent character
(%) and <code class="parameter">qualifier</code> and
<code class="parameter">name</code> are empty strings, then the result
set contains a list of valid owners for the data source. (All
columns except the TABLE_OWNER column contain
NULLs.)
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
If <code class="parameter">table_type</code> is a single percent
character (%) and <code class="parameter">qualifier</code>,
<code class="parameter">owner</code> and <code class="parameter">name</code>
are empty strings, then the result set contains a list of
valid table types for the data source. (All columns except the
TABLE_TYPE column contain NULLs.)
</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.odbc-tables-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">connection_id</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">The ODBC connection identifier,
see <span class="function"><a href="function.odbc-connect.html" class="function">odbc_connect()</a></span> for details.</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">qualifier</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The qualifier.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">owner</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The owner. Accepts search patterns ('%' to match zero or more
characters and '_' to match a single character).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">name</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The name. Accepts search patterns ('%' to match zero or more
characters and '_' to match a single character).
</p>
</dd>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">types</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
If <code class="parameter">table_type</code> is not an empty string, it
must contain a list of comma-separated values for the types of
interest; each value may be enclosed in single quotes (') or
unquoted. For example, "'TABLE','VIEW'" or "TABLE, VIEW". If the
data source does not support a specified table type,
<span class="function"><strong>odbc_tables()</strong></span> does not return any results for
that type.
</p>
</dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.odbc-tables-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an ODBC result identifier containing the information
or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
<p class="para">
The result set has the following columns:
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem"><span class="simpara">TABLE_QUALIFIER</span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simpara">TABLE_OWNER</span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simpara">TABLE_NAME</span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simpara">TABLE_TYPE</span></li>
<li class="listitem"><span class="simpara">REMARKS</span></li>
</ul>
</p>
<p class="simpara">
The result set is ordered by TABLE_TYPE, TABLE_QUALIFIER,
TABLE_OWNER and TABLE_NAME.
</p>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.odbc-tables-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.odbc-tableprivileges.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">odbc_tableprivileges()</a> - Lists tables and the privileges associated with each table</span></li>
</ul>
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