ArcObjects Library Reference (GeoDatabase)

ISQLSyntax.ParseColumnName Method

Given a column name, determine its qualification parts.

[Visual Basic .NET]
Public Sub ParseColumnName ( _
    ByVal FullName As String, _
    ByRef dbName As String, _
    ByRef OwnerName As String, _
    ByRef TableName As String, _
    ByRef columnName As String _
)

[C#]
public void ParseColumnName (
    string FullName,
    ref string dbName,
    ref string OwnerName,
    ref string TableName,
    ref string columnName
);

[C++]
HRESULT ParseColumnName(
  BSTR FullName,
  BSTR* dbName,
  BSTR* OwnerName,
  BSTR* TableName,
  BSTR* columnName
);

[C++]

Parameters
FullName [in]
  FullName is a parameter of type BSTR
dbName [out]
  dbName is a parameter of type BSTR
OwnerName [out]
  OwnerName is a parameter of type BSTR
TableName [out]
  TableName is a parameter of type BSTR
columnName [out]
  columnName is a parameter of type BSTR

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

Remarks

Applications should use the ParseColumnName method to split the fully qualified name for a column in a table into its components (database, owner, table, column).

Applications that wish to be RDBMS independent should not assume that �.� is the delimiter used to separate the components of a fully qualified dataset name. Use the QualifyColumnName method to determine the qualified name of a column of a table for a given workspace.

The FullName paramter can be returned from the IDataset::Name property for a dataset in a Geodatabase and the IDatasetName::Name property for a dataset name object. Both methods return the fully qualified name for the dataset (the name object for the dataset is itself obtained using the IDataset::FullName property).

Empty strings will be returned for arguments that do not apply to the underlying DBMS. For example, supplying a FullName parameter of "gdb.Greeley_Parcels_1.AREA" to an ArcSDE Geodatabase on Oracle will result in:

dbName=""

ownerName = "gdb"

TableName="Greeley_Parcels_1"

columnName = "AREA"

[C#]

    // e.g., fieldName=field.Name;
    //       fieldName="sde.Greeley_Parcels_1.AREA"
    public void ISQLSyntax__ParseColumnName(IWorkspace workspace,string fieldName)
    {
        string nameOfDatabase;
        string nameOfOwner;
        string nameOfTable;
        string nameOfColumn;

ISQLSyntax sqlSyntax=(ISQLSyntax)workspace;
sqlSyntax.ParseColumnName(fieldName, out nameOfDatabase, out nameOfOwner, out nameOfTable, out nameOfColumn);

        Console.WriteLine("The database name is {0}", nameOfDatabase);
        Console.WriteLine("The owner name is {0}", nameOfOwner);
        Console.WriteLine("The table name is {0}", nameOfTable);
        Console.WriteLine("The column name is {0}", nameOfColumn);
    }

ISQLSyntax.ParseColumnName Method

Product Availability

Remarks

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