How can I create a SQL query that grabs all field names in all tables (without being required to put the fields on a layout)?

 

 

I would like each row to have the following information:

table name | field name | field type | field comments

I found this custom function but it only returns the field names from a single table:

ExecuteSQL ( "SELECT FieldName FROM FileMaker_Fields WHERE TableName='" & TableOccurrenceName & "' ORDER BY FieldName" ; "" ; ""  )

Try

ExecuteSQL ( " 
  SELECT TableName, FieldName, FieldType
  FROM FileMaker_Fields 
  WHERE TableName IN ( SELECT DISTINCT BaseTableName FROM FileMaker_Tables ) 
  ORDER BY FieldName
  " ; " | " ; ""  
)

There doesn't seem to be a SQL attribute for field comment, though; you'd have to take the list and pass each row's appropriate values to FieldComment(), either using a CF or a script.

Thanks eos, that works great

And there are DESIGN functions in FileMaker that give you so much information: http://www.filemaker.com/help/13/fmp/en/html/func_ref1.31.34.html#1037264

Tho, possibly not what you wanted, I just am reminding people of such things.

Also, I *have* run DDR and extracted information like this with XML and XSLT.

beverly

Thanks for the link Beverly.