How can I get the list of a columns in a table for a SQLite database?
What you're looking for is called the data dictionary. In sqlite a list of all tables can be found by querying sqlite_master table (or view?)
sqlite> create table people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar);sqlite> select * from sqlite_master;table|people|people|2|CREATE TABLE people (first_name varchar, last_name varchar, email_address varchar)To get column information you can use the pragma table_info(table_name) statement:
sqlite> pragma table_info(people);0|first_name|varchar|0||01|last_name|varchar|0||02|email_address|varchar|0||0For more information on the pragma statements, see the documentation.
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Another convenient way in many cases is to turn headers on by:
sqlite> .headers onThen,
sqlite> SELECT ... FROM tablewill display a headline showing all selected fields (all if you SELECT *) at the top of the output.