Display Information About a Microsoft Access Database

The following block of code will display the properties of ALL tables in a Microsoft Access database. For the code to run successfully, the variable MyConnectionString needs to contain a valid connection string pointing to the Access database.
With this code, all tables, including system tables are displayed. If you want to limit the list, use myTable.Type to determine the type of the table and skip the system tables. User tables will return "TABLE", while system tables will return "ACCESS TABLE".

If you want to display information about just a single table, remove the For Each loop and uncomment the line that starts with Set myTable. Don't forget the pass the name of the right table to the Tables collection. 

<% 
  ' Create a Catalog Object and open the Table
  Dim myCatalog
  Dim myTable
  Dim myProperty
  Dim MyColumn
  Set myCatalog = Server.CreateObject("ADOX.Catalog") 
  myCatalog.ActiveConnection = MyConnectionString

  ' Set myTable = myCatalog.Tables("myTable") 

  For Each myTable in myCatalog.Tables %> 
    <h1>Table Name: <%=myTable.name%></h1>	
    <h2>Table Properties</h2>
		<table border="1"> 
    <tr> 
      <td><strong>Name</strong></td> 
      <td><strong>Value</strong></td> 
    </tr> 
    <% For Each myProperty in myTable.Properties %> 
    <tr> 
      <td><%=myProperty.Name%></td> 
      <td><%=myProperty.Value%></td> 
    </tr> 
    <% Next %> 
    <tr>
      <td>
        Type
      </td>
      <td>
        <%=myTable.Type%>
      </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
    <br />
    <br />
    <h2>Column Properties</h2> 
    <table border="1">
    <tr> 
      <td>Name</td> 
      <td>Type</td> 
      <td>Defined Size</td> 
      <td>Numeric Scale</td> 
      <td>Precision</td> 
      <td>Properties</td> 
    </tr> 
    <% For Each MyColumn in myTable.Columns %> 
    <tr> 
      <td><%=MyColumn.Name%></td> 
      <td><%=MyColumn.Type%></td> 
      <td><%=MyColumn.DefinedSize%></td> 
      <td><%=MyColumn.NumericScale%></td> 
      <td><%=MyColumn.Precision%></td> 
      <td> 
        <table border ="1">
        <tr> 
          <td>Property Name</td> 
          <td>Property Value</td> 
        </tr> 
        <% For each MyProperty in MyColumn.Properties %> 
        <tr> 
          <td><%=MyProperty.Name%></td> 
          <td><%=MyProperty.Value%></td> 
        </tr> 
        <% Next %> 
        </table> 
      </td>
    </tr> 
    <% Next %> 
    </table>
  <% Next %>
%>

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Written by Imar Spaanjaars
Date Posted 02/19/2004 16:06
Date Last Updated 02/27/2006 18:58
Date Last Reviewed 12/06/2006 15:31

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