This method returns schema information for the data source of the OracleConnection using the specified string for the collection name.

Declaration

// C#
public override DataTable GetSchema (string collectionName);

Parameters

collectionName

Name of the collection for which metadata is required.

Return Value

A DataTable object.

Exceptions

ArgumentException – The requested collection is not defined.

InvalidOperationException – The connection is closed.

InvalidOperationException – The requested collection is not supported by current version of Oracle database.

InvalidOperationException – No population string is specified for requested collection.

Example

// C#
 
using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Common;
using Oracle.DataAccess.Client;
 
class GetSchemaSample
{
  static void Main(string[] args)
  {
    string constr = "User Id=scott; Password=tiger; Data Source=oracle;";
    string ProviderName = "Oracle.DataAccess.Client";
 
    DbProviderFactory factory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(ProviderName);
 
    using (DbConnection conn = factory.CreateConnection())
    {
      try
      {
        conn.ConnectionString = constr;
        conn.Open();
 
        //Get MetaDataCollections and write to an XML file.
        //This is equivalent to GetSchema()
        DataTable dtMetadata =
          conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.MetaDataCollections);
        dtMetadata.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_MetaDataCollections.xml");
 
        //Get Restrictions and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtRestrictions =
          conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.Restrictions);
        dtRestrictions.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_Restrictions.xml");
 
        //Get DataSourceInformation and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtDataSrcInfo =
          conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.DataSourceInformation);
        dtDataSrcInfo.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_DataSourceInformation.xml");
 
        //data types and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtDataTypes =
          conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.DataTypes);
        dtDataTypes.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_DataTypes.xml");
 
        //Get ReservedWords and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtReservedWords =
          conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.ReservedWords);
        dtReservedWords.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_ReservedWords.xml");
 
        //Get all the tables and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtTables = conn.GetSchema("Tables");
        dtTables.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_Tables.xml");
 
        //Get all the views and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtViews = conn.GetSchema("Views");
        dtViews.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_Views.xml");
 
        //Get all the columns and write to an XML file.
        DataTable dtColumns = conn.GetSchema("Columns");
        dtColumns.WriteXml(ProviderName + "_Columns.xml");
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
        Console.WriteLine(ex.StackTrace);
      }
    }
  }
}