PA_CountFields

version 2003

PA_CountFields (tableNum) short

Parameter	Type		Description
tableNum	short		Table number
Function result	short		Number of fields in the table tableNum

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.

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;
   }

PA_CountTables.

PA_GetLastError can be called to check if an error occurred