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--- v5:dictionary:metacolumnnames [2016/01/13 02:06] – ↷ Page moved from dictionary:metacolumnnames to v5:dictionary:metacolumnnames mnewnham
+++ v5:dictionary:metacolumnnames [2016/02/24 18:24] (current) – Improved description of casing of keys and values mnewnham
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 ===== Description =====
-The function ''metaColumnNames()'' accepts a string parameter, a table name in the database that is currently attached, and returns either an associative array of the columns in the table, or a numeric array based on the value of ''$numericIndices''. The keys of the array are the column names in upper case and the values are the column names in lower case. For a full description of column information, use the function [[dictionary:metaColumns|metaColumns()]] instead.
+The function ''metaColumnNames()'' accepts a string parameter, a table name in the database that is currently attached, and returns either an associative array of the columns in the table, or a numeric array based on the value of ''$numericIndices''.
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+==== Casing ====
+For associative arrays, the keys of the array are the column names in **upper case**.
+For both numeric and associative arrays, the values of the array are the column names in the **natural case** of the database.
+For a full description of column information, use the function [[v5:dictionary:metacolumns|metaColumns()]] instead.
 ==== $numericIndices ====