db_column_exists

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Definition

db_column_exists($table, $column)
includes/database.pgsql.inc, line 392

Description

Check if a column exists in the given table.

Related topics

Name	Description
Database abstraction layer	Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

Code

<?php
function db_column_exists($table, $column) {
  return (bool) db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(pg_attribute.attname) FROM pg_class, pg_attribute WHERE pg_attribute.attrelid = pg_class.oid AND pg_class.relname = '{". db_escape_table($table) ."}' AND attname = '". db_escape_table($column) ."'"));
}
?>