[DB-SIG] Query fields Metadata

[Carsten Haese]

On Thu, 2005-10-27 at 15:45, Luiz Carlos Geron wrote:
> Hi All,
> I am searching for a way to obtain the type of the fields in a query,
> like in Java rs.metadata property. Is there a way to do this with
> python db modules, such as kinterbasdb? Or it is only possible under
> Jython?

That depends on the type of metadata you're looking for. If the module
is DB-API compliant, the cursor's ".description" attribute will give you
at least the column name and type. Depending on the database module, you
may get more information than that.

HTH,

Carsten Haese.