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The -Show command tag allows the schema of a database table to be displayed.

The database and table for the show action should be specified using the -Database and -Table command tags.

  • Syntax
  • Parameters
[Inline: -Show,
  -Database='Database_Name',
  -Table='Table_Name', ...]

<a href="default.lasso?-Show&
  -Database=Database_Name&
  -Table=Table_Name&...">Link</a>

<form action="default.lasso" method="POST">
  <input type="hidden" name="-Show" value="">
  <input type="hidden" name="-Database" value="Database_Name">
  <input type="hidden" name="-Table" value="Table_Name">
  ...
  <input type="submit" name="-Show" value="Show Schema">
</form>
Examples

To show a list of all fields from a database table:

Use the -Show command tag in an opening [Inline] tag. The [Field_Name] tag will be used to loop through all the field names. The following example shows all field names from the People table of the Contacts database.

[Inline: -Show, -Database='Contacts', -Table='People']
  [Loop: (Field_Name: -Count)]
    <br>[Field_Name: Loop_Count]
  [/Loop]
[/Inline]
Result:
<br>First_Name
<br>Last_Name
<br>Title
<br>Sex
Tag Link -Show Category Action
Type Command Data Source Any
Support Preferred Version 3.0
Output Type None Security Database,Classic
Implementation Internal Sets Lasso 6.0, Lasso 5.0,LDML3x

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