How can I get the list of a columns in a table for a SQLite database?

Question

I am looking to retrieve a list of columns in a table. The database is the latest release of SQLite (3.6, I believe). I am looking for code that does this with a SQL query

Answer 1

I know, it’s been a long time but it’s never too late… I had a similar question with TCL as interpreter and after several search, found nothing good for me. So I propose something based on PRAGMA, knowing that your DB is “main”

db eval { PRAGMA main.table_info() } TBL { puts $TBL(name) }

And array use to obtain a list

set col_list {}
db eval { PRAGMA main.table_info() } TBL { lappend col_list $TBL(name) }
puts $col_list