How to get database metadata information (i.e. existing tables and columns in tables)

[Chris Brat]

Thanks for the great feedback.

Chris.


Chris Brat wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to retrieve details about the database, specifically a
> list of the tables in the database; and then to retrieve the columns
> and their types for the tables?
> 
> Is this dependant on the database? 
> 
> Thanks
> Chris