version 2003
PA_CountFields (tableNum) short
Parameter | Type | Description | |
tableNum | short | Table number | |
Function result | short | Number of fields in the table tableNum |
Description
The command PA_CountFields returns the number of fields in the table tableNum.
Please note that this routine works only with tables. You cannot get the number of fields of a subtable using this routine.
Example
Count all fields of the database, except subtables fields.
short CountAllFieldsButSubtables () { short countTables, count, i; countTables = PA_CountTables(); if(PA_GetLastError()) return -1; count = 0; for(i = 1; i <= countTables;i++) { count += PA_CountFields(i); if(PA_GetLastError()) return -1; } return count; }
See Also
Error Handling
PA_GetLastError can be called to check if an error occurred