php + unixODBC + DB2 + DESCRIBE = token not valid?

Question

Code I am trying to run:

$query = \"DESCRIBE TABLE TABLENAME\";
$result = odbc_exec($h, $query);

The result:

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Answer 1

The iSeries flavor of DB2 does not support the SQL DESCRIBE statement. Instead, you have to query the system table:

select * from qsys2.columns where table_schema = 'my_schema' and table_name = 'my_table'