I need to test whether various types of database objects exist in a given database, and I don't know how to formulate these tests in Firebird SQL. Each test has the form "Does object of type X with name Y exist?". For example, I need to test whether a table with a given name exists. The object types I need to test are:
One can find how to query for a given table on the Internet, but the other types are more difficult to find ...
I think a lot of what you are asking can be found at this forum post. If you want to dive a little deeper, this site seems to have a graphical representation of the tables.
It seems like you need to query against the system tables to reliably get that information. Here's a tutorial that looks like it can help:
Every year, Martijn Tonies made a session in Firebird Conference
so find in timetable in 2005 http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=fb_conf_timetable_2005
in 2006 http://www.ibphoenix.com/main.nfs?a=ibphoenix&page=fb_conf_timetable_2006
there is also for 2007 and 2008
http://www.firebirdconference.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3&Itemid=3
but I don't know where to download papers
