Hi Ratin, I "think" you can just do this and not have to store the table name. However, I have no way of testing this. You will have to test on your end. while ($result = $query->fetchArray()) { if ($result['pk'] !== null) { $primary_key=$result['pk']; } } Best, Karl DeSaulniers Design Drumm http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> > On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:12 PM, Ratin <ratin3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry about my late reply but this was my function - a bit of a hack but works properly on my version of php-sqlite3: > > > function get_primary_key_name($table) > { > $primary_key=''; > $db = new MyDB(); > if(!$db) > { > echo $db->lastErrorMsg(); > } > else > { > $qstr = "PRAGMA table_info(" . $table . ");" ; > $query = $db->query($qstr); > while ($result = $query->fetchArray()) > { > if ($result['pk'] == 1) > { > $primary_key=$result['name']; > } > } > } > $db->close(); > return $primary_key; > } > > > On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:35 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > This may also shed some light for you. > The accepted answer and possibly the one below it if you are on .NET > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/763516/information-schema-columns-on-sqlite <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/763516/information-schema-columns-on-sqlite> > > HTH, > > Best, > > Karl DeSaulniers > Design Drumm > http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2016, at 5:30 AM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > Hey Ratin, > > Have you looked into the table column named 'pk' inside table_info? > > That is where a column is indicated to be a primary key or not. > > > > Best, > > > > Karl DeSaulniers > > Design Drumm > > http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> <http://designdrumm.com/ <http://designdrumm.com/>> > > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 18, 2016, at 6:51 PM, Ratin <ratin3@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ratin3@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > >> > >> Hi Karl, Thanks a lot for your response, I think INFORMATION_SCHEMA is not available for sqlite database. I had to built up the whole query with php using PRAGMA table_info(tablename), looking at the pk entry, when its 1, get the column name, and then update the sql statement based on that. A bit of work, wouldve been much simpler if a method was provided, but oh well .. > >> > >> Thanks again > >> > >> Ratin > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 18, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Karl DeSaulniers <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: > >> Hi Ratin, > >> Going to take a stab at this one. > >> Have you looked into INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS for your query? > >> Might be where you want to look for what you are trying. > >> Sorry can't help more. > >> > >> Best, > >> > >> Karl DeSaulniers > >> Design Drumm > >> http://designdrumm.com <http://designdrumm.com/> <http://designdrumm.com/ <http://designdrumm.com/>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Aug 18, 2016, at 1:27 PM, Ratin <ratin3@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ratin3@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:ratin3@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ratin3@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote: > >>> > >>> I'm writing the generic get that works on different tables having different > >>> primary keys but the argument of get is always the primary key , i.e. get > >>> request is - > >>> > >>> get (column name, value) > >>> > >>> the value is always the primary key value. > >>> > >>> It looks like it would be a pretty standard method but I cant find a method > >>> like that. Anybody have any clue? > >>> > >>> Thanks > >>> > >>> Ratin > >> > >> > >> -- > >> PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/> <http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/>>) > >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php <http://www.php.net/unsub.php> <http://www.php.net/unsub.php <http://www.php.net/unsub.php>> > >> > >> > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/ <http://www.php.net/>) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php <http://www.php.net/unsub.php> > >