GetODBCLayerInfo()

Summary

Gets information about an ODBC layer.

 

Syntax

GetODBCLayerInfo(string service_name, string schema_name, string layer_name, array fields)

 

Argument	Contents
service_name	The name of the ODBC service
schema_name	The name of the ODBC schema if necessary, otherwise null
layer_name	The name of the ODBC table
fields	The names of the fields with the ID, X and Y values

 

Returns

An array of four real numbers defining the bounding coordinates of the file: {x_min, y_min, x_max, y_max}.

 

Example

// This call...

odbc_info = GetODBCLayerInfo("myservice", "US Data", "US County", {"ID", "Lon", "Lat"})

 

// Returns this type of information...

// odbc_info = {-187.551936, 18.913826, ...}     (bounding rect)

 

Error Codes

Error Type	Meaning
Error	The service is not a valid ODBC database, or one of the parameters is invalid
NotFound	There is no service with the specified name

 

See Also

Function	Summary
AddODBCLayer()	Adds an ODBC layer to a map
AddODBCLayerToWorkspace()	Adds an ODBC layer to an application without it appearing in a map or dataview