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

Maybe you just want to print the table headers on the console. This is my code: (for each table)

    // ------------------ show header ----------------


    char sqlite_stmt_showHeader[1000];
    snprintf(sqlite_stmt_showHeader, 1000, "%s%s", "SELECT * FROM ", TABLE_NAME_STRING UTF8String]);

    sqlite3_stmt* statement_showHeader;
    sqlite3_prepare_v2(DATABASE, sqlite_stmt_showHeader, -1, &statement_showHeader, NULL);

    int headerColumnSize = sqlite3_column_count(statement_showHeader);

    NSString* headerRow = @"|";

    for (int j = 0; j < headerColumnSize; j++) {
        NSString* headerColumnContent = [[NSString alloc] initWithUTF8String:(const char*)sqlite3_column_name(statement_showHeader, j)];
        headerRow = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@ %@ |", headerRow, headerColumnContent];
    }

    NSLog(@"%@", headerRow);


    sqlite3_finalize(statement_showHeader);

    // ---------------- show header end ---------------------