How to Enumerate and Open All Tables in a Database Container

 Last reviewed: July 31, 1995
Article ID: Q132726
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0

SUMMARY

This article shows by example how to use the ADBOBJECTS function in a program to determine the names of all tables contained within a database container (.DBC file), and then use the resulting array to open all tables.

MORE INFORMATION

The following program creates an array (laTableNames) containing the names of all the tables in the Tastrade.dbc sample database container. The FOR loop then opens each table in its own work area. The name of each table is displayed in the upper-right corner of the screen as it is opened.

Code Sample

** Begin Code Example CLOSE ALL OPEN DATABASE c:\vfp\samples\mainsamp\data\tastrade lnNumOfTables = ADBOBJECTS(laTableNames, "Table") FOR i = 1 to lnNumOfTables 

   WAIT WINDOW "Opening Table " + laTableNames(i) TIMEOUT 2
   USE laTableNames(i) IN 0
ENDFOR SET VIEW ON ** End Code Example

Additional reference words: 3.00 VFoxWin
KBCategory: kbprg kbcode
KBSubcategory: FxprgTable

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Last reviewed: July 31, 1995
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