How to get a list of column names on Sqlite3 database?

Question

I want to migrate my iPhone app to a new database version. Since I don\'t have some version saved, I need to check if certain column names exist.

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Answer 1

To get a list of columns you can simply use:

.schema tablename

Answer 2

you can use Like statement if you are searching for any particular column

ex:

SELECT * FROM sqlite_master where sql like('%LAST%')

Answer 3

If you want the output of your queries to include columns names and be correctly aligned as columns, use these commands in sqlite3:

.headers on
.mode column

You will get output like:

sqlite> .headers on
sqlite> .mode column
sqlite> select * from mytable;
id          foo         bar
----------  ----------  ----------
1           val1        val2
2           val3        val4

Answer 4

I know it is an old thread, but recently I needed the same and found a neat way:

SELECT c.name FROM pragma_table_info('your_table_name') c;

Answer 5

-(NSMutableDictionary*)tableInfo:(NSString *)table
{
  sqlite3_stmt *sqlStatement;
  NSMutableDictionary *result = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
  const char *sql = [[NSString stringWithFormat:@"pragma table_info('%s')",[table UTF8String]] UTF8String];
  if(sqlite3_prepare(db, sql, -1, &sqlStatement, NULL) != SQLITE_OK)
  {
    NSLog(@"Problem with prepare statement tableInfo %@",[NSString stringWithUTF8String:(const char *)sqlite3_errmsg(db)]);

  }
  while (sqlite3_step(sqlStatement)==SQLITE_ROW)
  {
    [result setObject:@"" forKey:[NSString stringWithUTF8String:(char*)sqlite3_column_text(sqlStatement, 1)]];

  }

  return result;
  }

Answer 6

If you have the sqlite database, use the sqlite3 command line program and these commands:

To list all the tables in the database:

.tables

To show the schema for a given tablename:

.schema tablename