static void

SchemaReader

An experiment in using ADO 2.0 DbProviderFactories for SQLServer/Oracle/MySql/SQLite/Firebird.

Now a CodePlex project - see there for latest code.

DbConnection.GetSchema is a good idea, but every provider returns differently named DataTables with different schemas. This class is a simple facade to fix some inconsistencies. See DatabaseReader for a facade that uses objects. This isn't great code - it was just an experiment in 2005 that turned out to be useful. I've used it a lot for generating stored procedures and data access classes (from ADO to NHibernate mappings), simple database conversions and database UIs.

In Oracle, stored procedures are usually wrapped in packages. The System.Data.OracleClient StoredProcedure collection only returns the sprocs not in packages. The Arguments collection (here, called in the StoredProcedureArguments method) does include packaged sprocs. So my SchemaConverter has a method UpdateArguments that merges the two. One limitation is that sprocs without parameters are invisible- you'll need custom SQL (join ALL_PROCEDURES to ALL_ARGUMENTS).
Overloaded procedure arguments are not handled in this code.

using System;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.Common;
using System.Globalization;
 
namespace Library.Data
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Simple access to database schemas in ADO.Net 2.0.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// Works for SqlServer, Oracle, OLEDB, ODBC, MySql and SQLite. Does not work for System.Data.SqlServerCe.3.5 which throws NotSupportedException.
    /// </remarks>
    /// <example>
    /// Form Load:
    ///    DataTable dt = DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses();
    ///    ProviderName.DataSource = dt;
    ///    ProviderName.DisplayMember = "InvariantName";
    ///
    /// After picked a provider from above list:
    ///    SchemaReader schema = new SchemaReader(ConnectionString.Text, "System.Data.OracleClient");
    ///    schema.ProviderName = ProviderName.Text;
    ///    dataGrid1.DataSource = schema.Tables(); //a list of all tables
    ///    dataGrid1.DataSource = schema.Columns("MYTABLENAME"); //a list of columns for a specific table
    ///</example>
    public class SchemaReader
    {
        #region public static methods
        /// <summary>
        /// List of all the valid Providers. Use the ProviderInvariantName to fill ProviderName property
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns></returns>
        public static DataTable Providers()
        {
            return DbProviderFactories.GetFactoryClasses();
        }
        #endregion
 
        protected readonly string _connectionString;
        protected readonly DbProviderFactory _factory;
        private DataTable _metadata;
        private string _owner;
        protected readonly string _providerName;
        private SchemaRestrictions _restrictions;
 
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor with connectionString and ProviderName
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="connectionString">Eg "Data Source=localhost;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=Northwind;"</param>
        /// <param name="providerName">ProviderInvariantName for the provider (eg System.Data.SqlClient or System.Data.OracleClient)</param>
        public SchemaReader(string connectionString, string providerName)
        {
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(connectionString))
                throw new ArgumentException("connectionString must not be empty");
 
            if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(providerName))
                throw new ArgumentException("providerName must not be empty");
 
            _connectionString = connectionString;
            _providerName = providerName;
            _factory = DbProviderFactories.GetFactory(_providerName);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// There are a number of special-cases for Oracle, so we check the provider string
        /// </summary>
        internal bool IsOracle
        {
            get
            {
                //System.Data.OracleClient and Oracle.DataAccess.Client
                return (_providerName.IndexOf("Oracle", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) != -1);
                //System.Data.OleDb could be using Provider=msdaora (or Provider=OraOLEDB.Oracle) but the schema collections are more limited
            }
        }
        internal bool IsMySql
        {
            get
            {
                //MySql
                return (_providerName.Equals("MySql.Data.MySqlClient", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase));
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the owner (for Oracle) /schema (for SqlServer) / database (MySql). Always set it with Oracle; if you use other than dbo in SqlServer you should also set it.
        /// If it is null or empty, all owners are returned.
        /// </summary>
        public string Owner
        {
            get { return _owner; }
            set { _owner = value; }
        }
        #region Generic Sql
        /// <summary>
        /// Run a Select against the database and return a DataTable (no parameters)
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sqlCommand">The SQL statement</param>
        /// <returns>A DataTable containing the rows returned</returns>
        public DataTable Select(string sqlCommand)
        {
            DataTable dt = new DataTable();
            //can't pass in parameters as we don't have the factory until now.
            //open a connection
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                //create a dataadaptor and fill it
                using (DbDataAdapter da = _factory.CreateDataAdapter())
                {
                    da.SelectCommand = conn.CreateCommand();
                    da.SelectCommand.CommandText = sqlCommand;
 
                    da.Fill(dt);
                    return dt;
                }
            }
        }
        #endregion
 
        /// <summary>
        /// DataTable of all users
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Datatable with columns NAME, ID, CREATEDDATE</returns>
        public DataTable Users()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collection = "Users";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collection))
                    return new DataTable("Users");
                return conn.GetSchema(collection);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// DataTable of all tables for a specific owner
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable Tables()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, "Tables");
                return conn.GetSchema("Tables", restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all data for a specified table name.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tableName">Name of the table. Oracle names can be case sensitive.</param>
        /// <returns>A dataset containing the tables: Columns, Indexes, IndexColumns</returns>
        public virtual DataSet Table(string tableName)
        {
            DataSet ds = new DataSet();
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
 
                LoadTable(tableName, ds, conn);
            }
            return ds;
        }
 
        protected void LoadTable(string tableName, DataSet ds, DbConnection connection)
        {
            DataTable cols = Columns(tableName, connection);
            if (cols.Rows.Count == 0) return; //no columns found
            ds.Tables.Add(cols);
 
            string[] indexRestrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(connection, "Indexes", tableName);
            ds.Tables.Add(connection.GetSchema("Indexes", indexRestrictions));
 
            const string collectionName = "IndexColumns";
            if (SchemaCollectionExists(connection, collectionName))
            {
                string[] indexColRestrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(connection, collectionName, tableName);
                ds.Tables.Add(connection.GetSchema(collectionName, indexColRestrictions));
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// DataTable of all tables for a specific owner
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>Datatable with columns OWNER, TABLE_NAME, TYPE</returns>
        public DataTable Views()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, "Views");
                return conn.GetSchema("Views", restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// All the columns for a specific table
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tableName">Name of the table. Oracle names can be case sensitive.</param>
        /// <returns>DataTable columns incl. COLUMN_NAME, DATATYPE, LENGTH, PRECISION, SCALE, NULLABLE</returns>
        public virtual DataTable Columns(string tableName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
 
                return Columns(tableName, conn);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Get the columns using GetSchema. Override to get additional stuff from Oracle.
        /// </summary>
        protected virtual DataTable Columns(string tableName, DbConnection connection)
        {
            string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(connection, "Columns", tableName);
            return connection.GetSchema("Columns", restrictions);
        }
 
        public DataTable IndexColumns(string tableName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collectionName = "IndexColumns";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                {
                    collectionName = "Indexes";
                    if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                        return new DataTable(collectionName);
                }
 
                string[] indexColRestrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(conn, collectionName, tableName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, indexColRestrictions);
            }
        }
 
        public virtual DataTable PrimaryKeys(string tableName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collectionName = "PrimaryKeys";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                    return new DataTable(collectionName);
 
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(conn, collectionName, tableName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Finds the foreign keys. Usually just fk name and the table, not the columns (Oracle has ForeignKeyColumns). SqlServer doesn't even have the referenced table/ unique constraint.
        /// </summary>
        public virtual DataTable ForeignKeys(string tableName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collectionName = "Foreign Keys";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                {
                    collectionName = "ForeignKeys";
                    if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                        return new DataTable(collectionName);
                }
 
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(conn, collectionName, tableName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// Finds the foreign key columns. SqlServer doesn't have this collection.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="tableName">Name of the table.</param>
        public virtual DataTable ForeignKeyColumns(string tableName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collectionName = "ForeignKeyColumns";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName))
                    return new DataTable(collectionName);
 
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(conn, collectionName, tableName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        public DataTable Sequences()
        {
            const string name = "Sequences";
            if (!IsOracle) return new DataTable(name);
 
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, name);
                return conn.GetSchema(name, restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        protected DataTable GenericCollection(string collectionName, DbConnection connection, string tableName)
        {
            if (SchemaCollectionExists(connection, collectionName))
                return connection.GetSchema(collectionName, SchemaRestrictions.ForTable(connection, collectionName, tableName));
            DataTable dt = new DataTable(collectionName);
            dt.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
            return dt;
        }
 
        #region Sprocs
        public virtual DataTable Functions()
        {
            if (!IsOracle) return new DataTable("Functions"); //in sql server, functions are in the sprocs collection.
 
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, "Functions");
                return conn.GetSchema("Functions", restrictions);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all the stored procedures (owner required for Oracle- otherwise null).
        /// NB: in oracle does not get stored procedures in packages
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable StoredProcedures()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                string collectionName = "Procedures";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName)) return new DataTable(collectionName);
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, collectionName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all the arguments for a stored procedures (or all sprocs)
        /// NB: in oracle we get arguments for sprocs in packages. This is slow.
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable StoredProcedureArguments(string storedProcedureName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                //different collections here- we could just if(IsOracle)
                string collectionName = "ProcedureParameters";
                if (IsMySql) collectionName = "Procedure Parameters";
                else if (IsOracle) collectionName = "Arguments"; //Oracle, assume packages
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName)) return new DataTable(collectionName);
 
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForRoutine(conn, collectionName, storedProcedureName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all the arguments for a package (or all packs)
        /// Package is only for Oracle - for SqlServer it's all sprocs
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable PackageStoredProcedureArguments(string packageName)
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                //for SqlServer the restriction doesn't apply
                string collectionName = "ProcedureParameters";
                if (IsOracle)
                    collectionName = "Arguments"; //Oracle, we assume you mean packages
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName)) return new DataTable();
 
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForSpecific(conn, collectionName, packageName, "PACKAGENAME");
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
        /// <summary>
        /// Get all the packages (Oracle only concept- returns empty DataTable for others)
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable Packages()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                const string collectionName = "Packages";
                if (!SchemaCollectionExists(conn, collectionName)) return new DataTable();
                string[] restrictions = SchemaRestrictions.ForOwner(conn, collectionName);
                return conn.GetSchema(collectionName, restrictions);
            }
        }
 
        #endregion
 
        private SchemaRestrictions SchemaRestrictions
        {
            get
            {
                if (_restrictions == null)
                    _restrictions = new SchemaRestrictions(Owner);
                return _restrictions;
            }
        }
 
        #region MetadataCollections
 
        protected bool SchemaCollectionExists(DbConnection connection, string name)
        {
            if (_metadata == null)
                _metadata = MetadataCollections(connection);
            return (_metadata.Select(string.Format(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, "[CollectionName] = '{0}'", name)).Length != 0);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// All the collections that are available via GetSchema
        /// </summary>
        public DataTable MetadataCollections()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                _metadata = MetadataCollections(conn);
                return _metadata;
            }
        }
 
        private static DataTable MetadataCollections(DbConnection connection)
        {
            return connection.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.MetaDataCollections);
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// All the Datatypes in the database and the mappings to .Net types
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>DataTable with columns incl. TYPENAME, DataType (.net)</returns>
        public DataTable DataTypes()
        {
            using (DbConnection conn = _factory.CreateConnection())
            {
                conn.ConnectionString = _connectionString;
                conn.Open();
                return conn.GetSchema(DbMetaDataCollectionNames.DataTypes);
            }
        }
        #endregion
    }
}