Re: [gnome-db] GdaDataModel and column introspection

[Piotr Pokora <piotrek pokora gmail com>]

Hi!

> The gda_data_model_get_column_name() and gda_data_model_get_column_title()
> are merely wrappers around the gda_data_model_describe_column() function.
> 
> AFAIK no API returns the results you want. What Libgda could do is map each
> returned column to a  GdaStatement expression if the statement executed is
> a SELECT. In your example the 1st column could be mapped to the expression
> "p.firstname AS name".  Then it would be possible to add more attributes to
> the GdaColumn, the ones you want (i.e. the field name queried for example).

Yes, this should be supported IMO.
But I wouldn't depend on data returned from provider. It'll use way to
much resources, while they simply can be computed (on demand only) from
executed query (valid or not valid one).

Piotras