DB_ColumnPrivileges Function

Action

Returns the column privileges for one or more specified table columns as a result set on the statement handle.

Syntax

hstmnt=DB_ColumnPrivileges (hdbc, catalog-name, schema-name, table-name, column-name)

Variable	Description
`hstmnt`	The returned handle to the executed SQL statement. This is an input parameter for other DBTester functions, for example DB_FetchNext. HSQL.
`hdbc`	The handle to a database as returned by DB_Connect. HDATABASE.
`catalog-name`	Catalog name. STRING.
`schema-name`	String search pattern for schema names. STRING.
`table-name`	String search pattern for table names. STRING.
`column-name`	String search pattern for column names. STRING.

Notes

DB_ColumnPrivileges corresponds to SQLColumnPrivileges. For additional information about SQLColumnPrivileges, see SQLColumnPrivileges Function.

The following wildcard characters are supported for arguments:

Wildcard character	Matches
%	The percent sign matches any character sequence.
_	The underscore matches any single character.

To omit a variable argument, which is not a required argument, specify the argument as an empty string ("").
When you receive a valid statement handle, you can call DB_FetchNext or DB_FetchPrevious to manipulate the information.

Example

To retrieve the column privileges for a specific table:

[ ] STRING cat, sch, table, col, ignore, column-name, privileges 
[ ] hstmnt = DB_ColumnPrivileges (hdbc, cat, sch, table, col)
[ ] // retrieve only column and privileges; ignore the rest.
[-] while (DB_FetchNext (hstmt, ignore, ignore, ignore, column-name, ignore, ignore, privileges) == TRUE) { 
	[ ] //print columns and privileges ... 
[-] }

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