ADO.Net : Get table definition from SQL server tables

Question

I am using C# to write a method that returns the following information about a table: column names, column types, column sizes, foreign keys.

Can someone point me in

Answer 1

You can use the SqlDataAdapter.FillSchema() method.

Alternatively you can use the SqlDataAdapter.Fill() method after setting the MissingSchemaAction property of the SqlDataAdapter to AddWithKey. But if you only want the schema you must ensure that your query returns no rows. This can be accomplished by adding a statement like WHERE 1=2 to your query.